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Ceph for small files?

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Currently I have 6 dedicated servers in a data center. Two Servers are Mailservers running exim and dovecot (Maildir) and 4 Webservers. Each Server has two 3TB HDDs. My current problem is, that we now have a video production team and they need storage. Probably scalable storage. Currently they have to look, on what server they have enough free space. And that's what I want to solve. So my idea is to use Ceph for two things: First of all to create a Failover Solution for the Mail- and Webservers. So if a server fails, the Load Balancer just switch to another server where the files are also available. And the second one is that I get a scalable storage for the video files and the video team doesn't have to care about file size. They have their file structure on a single machine and can work with their files on this "machine". And if I need more storage, I just rent another dedicated server and add it to the "cluster". That's why I'd like to ask, if Ceph is a good idea for this. Or do you have another better suggestion?
Asked by user39063 (201 rep)
Jul 6, 2018, 10:12 AM
Last activity: Apr 9, 2024, 03:27 PM