Fast Setup, Easy Management, 24/7 Support
Deploy and scale Ceph storage in minutes with croit—effortless management, unlimited scalability, and expert support around the clock.
Why Ceph storage management with croit?
Extremely Easy
Bring up Ceph clusters within a few minutes.
24/7 Support
24/7 Ceph support—expert help anytime, every day.
Great Transparency
Visibility into all important parameters.
Low Cost
Optimized cost-effective scaling data storage.
Flexible
React quickly to changing needs.
No Lock-in
No limiting licenses, no vendor lock-in.
From $500/month for 100TB — Just $1,000/month for 1PB
Get 100TB of scalable storage for just $500 (€463) per month, including 24/7 support. Need more? 1 petabyte is only $1,000 (€913) per month. As your storage grows, the cost per terabyte goes down. Simple, predictable pricing that scales with your business—without breaking the bank.
Enjoy Ceph the easy-peasy way
Easy handling
Get Ceph clusters up and running in minutes by simply adding another node to the storage network and registering it. This procedure is carried out conveniently via a comfortable graphical user interface.
Full control
Whatever delivery framework you require – with Ceph you spec your cluster to suit your needs. It will run on any commodity hardware, allowing you full control over the capabilities and capacity of your cluster.
True cost-effectiveness
The open-source nature eliminates the need for license fees and the ability to run on commodity hardware lowers hardware costs. Additionally, its scalability and efficiency optimize resource utilization, further driving down operational expenses.
Supreme flexibility
There is no lock-in, no limitations or restrictions that force a user to replace storage after adoption. Even hardware updates or replacement of existing hardware can be done at any time during operation without any downtime.
Rapid scalability
Add or remove storage from your cluster as required, and Ceph will intelligently adjust data distribution automatically. Croit offers a REST API, event scripts and configuration templates that allow you to customize the storage solution to your individual needs.
Outstanding reliability
Thanks to sophisticated features, all data is always guaranteed to be stored correctly on the underlying media and measures such as scrubbing are taken to prevent bit rotting.
“Being avid Ceph users ourselves for many years, we were keen to bring all our knowledge about Ceph, Linux and networks into a storage solution that we believe to be outstanding.”
Feature Overview
Installation & Update
Free
Enterprise
Automatic Security Updates
We insure maximum security and stability with automatic security updates.
100% Pure Ceph
There is 0% vendor lock-in, since we ship 100% pure Ceph!
GUI Based Cluster Deployment
Deploy your cluster in minutes with our super simple GUI.
Cluster Wide Update Management
Automated OS and (minor) Ceph updates.
Administration
Free
Enterprise
S3 Management
Manage access to object storage
RBD Management
Manage access to block storage.
Manage Pools
Easily create, edit and delete new storage pools.
Manage PGs
Easy placement group maintenance (recover, backfill, …)
Manage OSDs
Reliable OSD deployment and management (create, delete, start, stop, …)
Manage MONs
Reliable MON deployment and management (create, delete, start, stop, …)
Manage MGRs
Automated MGR deployment and management
Manage MDSs
Reliable MDS deployment and management (create, delete, start, stop, …)
Maintenance Mode
Easy cluster maintenance and management of Ceph flags (noout, noup, …)
Simple Hardware Management
Keep track of your storage hardware inventory.
CRUSH Map Management
GUI based management of your data distribution. No verbose editing of text files.
Web-based Shell Access
Shell access to all your cluster nodes, enables you to do everything right from the GUI.
Efficiency
Free
Enterprise
LACP Network Connections
Single and multiple network connections via LACP and arbitrary bandwith enable high availability within your existing ethernet infrastructure.
S3 Explorer
Direct management of the object store without additional software.
Replicated Pools
Reduces the IO requirement for better performance.
Erasure Coded (EC) Pools
Reduces space requirements and thus saves costs.
LACP LOADBALANCING
Highly available network connection with LACP based network loadbalancing.
Hardware Independent
No vendor lock-in, commodity hardware can be used.
Disk Performance Benchmarking
Tools to benchmark disk performance, right from the GUI.
Diskless Server Boot via PXE
Convenience, optimized data density and reduced costs.
CephFS Explorer
Direct management of the CephFS POSIX filesystem.
Reliability & Availability
Free
Enterprise
High-availability SMB
Highly available SMB with CTDB for increased reliability and availability of data.
High-availability S3
Highly available S3 with keepalived. Saves resources and costs of load balancers.
High-availability NFS
Highly available NFS with keepalived for increased reliability and availability of data.
High-availability iSCSI
Highly available iSCSI for reliable integration with proprietary solutions.
High-availability Groups
Increased availability for mission critical usage.
Cluster Configuration Auto Tuning
Optimize performance and reduce costs.
Automatic Management Node Backup
Easy recovery in case of loss of the management system.
Export Statistics to Grafana
Easy integration in existing Grafana installations.
Integration
Free
Enterprise
100% Pure RESTful API
Seamless integration into your existing solutions.
OKTA Single Sign On (SSO)
Central independent cloud based user management.
LDAP Users & Groups
Easy integration in your environment.
Hook Scripts
Modify and extend your cluster to your needs.
Monitoring & Statistics
Free
Enterprise
Centralized Logging
All logfiles in one place and protected against manipulation.
Smart Disk Status
SMART disk checks to detect disk failures as soon as possible and improve reliability.
Nagios Plugin
Easy integration with your existing monitoring system.
Graphite Database
Easy integration with external tools like Grafana.
Pre-built Grafana Dashboards
Deep insights into your clusters state at a glance.
Protocols & APIs
Free
Enterprise
S3
High-performance S3 API compatible object storage.
S3 via NFS
Access to modern object storage from proprietary solutions.
SWIFT via RGW
Vendor independent object storage.
RBD (Rados Block Device)
Rados block device, the newest and fastest way of accessing block storage.
RBD Export via iSCSI
Vendor independent block storage integration.
CephFS
Scale-out posix file system.
CephFS via SAMBA
Windows compatible scale-out file system.
CephFS via NFS
Vendor independent network file system.
Security
Free
Enterprise
VLAN Based Network Configuration
Seperate client and storage traffic and increase network security by seperation.
User Management
Control access to your storage management system.
Audit Log
Trackable and auditable system changes.
Service & Support
Free
Enterprise
Basic Service & Support
Our croit/Ceph experts help free of charge for simple problems and questions.
24*7*365 Service & Support
Support for your operations around the clock.
Usability & Comfort
Free
Enterprise
SSH Access
Conveniently manage your keys for all cluster nodes and access any one of them without restriction.
Cross-platform
Check and manage your cluster on every device.
Complete Lifecycle Management
Complete lifecycle management of all Ceph services. No shell required.
Pre-built Key Performance Indicators
KPIs help to detect premature errors or bottlenecks.
Combine block, file, and object storage
Ceph is a general-purpose storage, that combines object, block, and file storage in a unified system without the need for the investment in expensive hardware. Today It serves as the basis for countless cloud, VM, backup, archive and other installations and can be relied upon for reliable data backups, flexible storage options and rapid scalability. Thanks to numerous additional protocols, it is also possible to connect almost any device beyond the modern proprietary protocols.
How Ceph enterprise storage is used
- S3 Object storage
- Archiving and Backup cases
- File Server (CephFS, NFS, CIFS/SMB)
- Providing user shares
- Storing application data
- Shared persistent storage for Kubernetes, Nomad, ...
- Block Storage (RBD, iSCSI)
- Virtual Machine disk images
- Optimized cost-effective scaling data storage
Watch how to deploy Ceph with croit
Get an overview of the installation process of our Ceph storage management solution.
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