Ceph RBD
RADOS Block Device (RBD) storage is provided by the Ceph distributed storage system. It is the most complex storage system, which requires multiple nodes to be set up. By design, Ceph is a distributed storage system and can be spanned over several dozen nodes. RBD storage can only store .raw image formats. To expand a Ceph cluster, simply add a hard drive or a node and let Ceph know about the new addition. Ceph will automatically rebalance data to accommodate the new hard drive or node. Ceph can be scaled to several petabytes or more. Ceph also allows multiple pool creations for different disk drives. For example, we can store database servers' VM images on an SSD-driven pool and back up server images on a slower-spinning drive pool. ...
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