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Red Hat Ceph Storage pros and cons

Vendor: Red Hat
4.1 out of 5
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PROS

Red Hat Ceph Storage provides high reliability with commodity hardware and allows block and object storage from the same cluster, offering flexibility and future-proofing.
Ceph’s configuration supports data redundancy and error resilience, enabling continued operation during disk or server failures.
Community support for Red Hat Ceph Storage is strong, contributing to saving costs while scaling the storage without limits.
Red Hat Ceph Storage offers integration benefits, becoming a unified system for managing containers, infrastructure, and worker nodes.
Its compatibility with AWS S3 is highly appreciated, emphasizing the choice of Red Hat Ceph Storage for cloud-native storage needs.

CONS

Red Hat Ceph Storage needs better performance and stability during recovery.
There are challenges with network and individual node failures, and rebalancing is slow.
A thorough review of guides and documentation is essential, as newcomers encounter bugs and incomplete instructions.
Geo-replication and deduplication features require enhancement, as they are underdeveloped.
Licensing costs are excessively high, creating a barrier for potential users.
 

Red Hat Ceph Storage Pros review quotes

Rifat Rahman - PeerSpot reviewer
Infrastructure Architect & CEO at Tirzok Private Limited
Jun 2, 2025
I can compare Red Hat Ceph Storage with products from other vendors; I explored quite a few, but I still find that Red Hat Ceph Storage is making the most disruption.
KN
Business Owner at Applied Technology Research Center
May 22, 2025
Stratus allows more reliability than all the other types of computers available.
SM
Solutions Architect at DBYond
Feb 19, 2025
I really like that Red Hat Ceph Storage can be used as a total solution without any storage area network components.
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ANDRE VINICIUS HAMERSKI - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Private Cloud & Infrastructure Leader at Sicredi
Dec 4, 2024
Ceph Storage allows us to add value related to cost and offers a unique experience compared to traditional storage.
RV
Cloud Engineer at CDAC
Feb 20, 2025
The scalability feature is used by all users and is critical for our operations.
Soner BÜYÜKATALAY - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Software Engineer at a manufacturing company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Nov 9, 2023
We have not encountered any stability issues for the product.
Joos Mulio - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior System Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Feb 1, 2023
The solution is pretty stable.
reviewer1125696 - PeerSpot reviewer
UNIX Security Consultant at a retailer with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jul 26, 2022
I like the distributed and self-healing nature of the product.
Ahmed_Taha - PeerSpot reviewer
Director Of Operations at Diverse
Jun 27, 2022
What I found most valuable from Red Hat Ceph Storage is integration because if you are talking about a solution that consists purely of Red Hat products, this is where integration benefits come in. In particular, Red Hat Ceph Storage becomes a single solution for managing the entire environment in terms of the container or the infrastructure, or the worker nodes because it all comes from a single plug.
JP
Owner at Tetra | Healthy Technology
Apr 28, 2022
Red Hat Ceph Storage is a reliable solution, it works well.
 

Red Hat Ceph Storage Cons review quotes

Rifat Rahman - PeerSpot reviewer
Infrastructure Architect & CEO at Tirzok Private Limited
Jun 2, 2025
When it comes to the capabilities of Red Hat Ceph Storage such as object, block, and file storage, I am not fully satisfied.
KN
Business Owner at Applied Technology Research Center
May 22, 2025
Areas of Red Hat Ceph Storage that have room for improvement include more promotion. Many people do not know about the Stratus case, which is one of the most reliable systems available in the world, but they are not aware that a system can keep working even if there is a hardware failure.
SM
Solutions Architect at DBYond
Feb 19, 2025
I've heard the integration with OpenShift is great, however, the licensing cost is excessively high.
Learn what your peers think about Red Hat Ceph Storage. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: April 2026.
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ANDRE VINICIUS HAMERSKI - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Private Cloud & Infrastructure Leader at Sicredi
Dec 4, 2024
While the documentation for Ceph Storage is helpful, it could be improved.
RV
Cloud Engineer at CDAC
Feb 20, 2025
I have not identified any drawbacks, however, the response to public platform inquiries could be faster.
Soner BÜYÜKATALAY - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Software Engineer at a manufacturing company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Nov 9, 2023
It takes some time to re-balance the storage in case of server failure.
Joos Mulio - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior System Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Feb 1, 2023
If you use for any other solution like other Kubernetes solutions, it's not very suitable.
reviewer1125696 - PeerSpot reviewer
UNIX Security Consultant at a retailer with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jul 26, 2022
The product lacks RDMA support for inter-OSD communication.
Ahmed_Taha - PeerSpot reviewer
Director Of Operations at Diverse
Jun 27, 2022
What could be improved in Red Hat Ceph Storage is its user interface or GUI.
JP
Owner at Tetra | Healthy Technology
Apr 28, 2022
It took me a long time to get the storage drivers for the communication with Kubernetes up and running. The documentation could improve it is lacking information. I'm not sure if this is a Ceph problem or if Ceph should address this, but it was something I ran into. Additionally, there is a performance issue I am having that I am looking into, but overall I am satisfied with the performance.