THE CEPH TRAINING PROGRAM IS AN INTENSIVE 3-DAY COURSE WHICH TAKES AROUND 21 HOURS IN TOTAL AND GIVES PARTICIPANTS THE BEST INTRODUCTION TO THE ARCHITECTURAL OVERVIEW, SERVICES AND INNER WORKINGS OF CEPH. THE 3-DAY TRAINING COURSE WILL COVER EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT CEPH AND THE MOST USED COMPONENTS.

AUDIENCE:

• SYSTEM ADMINS WITH VARYING EXPERIENCE IN CEPH.
• TEAM LEADS, PRE-SALES ENGINEERS, ARCHITECTS, AND OTHERS WITH A NEED FOR A BETTER FUNCTIONAL OR CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING OF CEPH.

PREREQUISITES:

• EXPERIENCE WITH EXISTING STORAGE IN GENERAL IS A PRE
• BEING ABLE TO WORK WITH THE LINUX TERMINAL
• RHEL / CENTOS / DEBIAN / UBUNTU
• UNDERSTANDING NETWORK PROTOCOLS
• A BASIC UNDERSTANDING OF CONTAINERS

OBJECTIVES:

• LEARN HOW CEPH IS DIFFERENT FROM EXISTING SAN SYSTEMS.
• LEARN HOW CEPH WORKS INTERNALLY.
• IDENTIFY AND UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS.
• LEARN ABOUT WORKING WITH MONITOR (MON).
• LEARN ABOUT WORKING WITH MANAGER (MGR).
• LEARN ABOUT OBJECT STORAGE DAEMON (OSD).
• LEARN ABOUT THE METADATA SERVER (MDS/CEPHFS).
• LEARN HOW TO USE RADOS AND CRUSH.
• LEARN ABOUT CEPH BLOCK DEVICE (RBD).
• LEARN ABOUT S3/SWIFT COMPATIBLE GATEWAY (RGW).
• CREATE AND DEPLOY A CEPH CLUSTER (CEPHADM).