Open Source Object Storage for Unstructured Data: Ceph on HP ProLiant SL4540 Gen8 Servers
Table Of Contents
- Executive summary
- Introduction
- Overview
- Solution components
- Workload testing
- Configuration guidance
- Bill of materials
- Summary
- Appendix A: Sample Reference Ceph Configuration File
- Appendix B: Sample Reference Pool Configuration
- Appendix C: Syntactical Conventions for command samples
- Appendix D: Server Preparation
- Appendix E: Cluster Installation
- Naming Conventions
- Ceph Deploy Setup
- Ceph Node Setup
- Create a Cluster
- Add Object Gateways
- Apache/FastCGI W/100-Continue
- Configure Apache/FastCGI
- Enable SSL
- Install Ceph Object Gateway
- Add gateway configuration to Ceph
- Redeploy Ceph Configuration
- Create Data Directory
- Create Gateway Configuration
- Enable the Configuration
- Add Ceph Object Gateway Script
- Generate Keyring and Key for the Gateway
- Restart Services and Start the Gateway
- Create a Gateway User
- Appendix F: Newer Ceph Features
- Appendix G: Helpful Commands
- Appendix H: Workload Tool Detail
- Glossary
- For more information
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With increased density, efficiency, serviceability, and flexibility, the HP ProLiant SL4540 Gen8 Server is the perfect solution
for scale-out storage needs. To learn more, visit hp.com/servers/sl4540
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To support the management and access features of object storage, and seamlessly operate as part of HP Converged
Infrastructure, the HP ProLiant DL360p Gen8
series brings the power, density and performance required.
HP OneView helps companies of all sizes unlock the value of converged infrastructure by bringing the best of consumer IT to
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HP simplifies, integrates, and automates networking so organizations can focus on what they do best. Visit
hp.com/go/networking for more information. The HP switches used in this document are HP 2920-48G and
HP 5900AF-
48XG-4QSFP+-48G.
Documents for HP scale out object storage solutions on industry-standard servers are at hp.com/go/objectstorage.
Ceph has excellent documentation available at its website; this whitepaper has sourced it extensively. The documentation
master page starts here: http://ceph.com/docs/master/
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