Ceph Alternatives

Ceph is described as 'Distributed object store and file system designed to provide excellent performance, reliability and scalability' and is an app in the os & utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Ceph for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Web-based, Self-Hosted, Mac and Windows apps. The best Ceph alternative is MinIO, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Ceph are Vultr, Google Cloud Filestore, DigitalOcean Block Storage and Google Cloud Persistent Disk.

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Ceph is a distributed object store and file system designed to provide excellent performance, reliability and scalability.

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Ceph alternatives page was last updated Jul 17, 2024
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  1. MinIO icon
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    MinIO is a high performance object storage released under GNU Affero General Public License v3.0. It is API compatible with Amazon S3 cloud storage service. Use MinIO to build high performance infrastructure for machine learning, analytics and application data workloads.

    28 MinIO alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron

    MinIO Features

    1.  S3 compatible
    2.  Object storage
    3. Docker icon  Support for Docker
    4.  Cloud Sync

    MinIO VS Ceph

     
    Comments about MinIO as an Alternative to Ceph
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    Positive Apr 1, 2020
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    It is literally a handsfree solution.

    Ceph Icon
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    • MinIO is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Ceph.

    • MinIO is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Ceph.

    • MinIO is Free and Open SourceCeph is also Free and Open Source
  2. Vultr icon
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    Vultr, founded in 2014, is on a mission to empower developers and businesses by simplifying the deployment of infrastructure via its advanced cloud platform. Vultr is strategically located in 16 datacenters around the globe and provides frictionless provisioning of public cloud...

    142 Vultr alternatives

    License model

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online

    Vultr Features

    1.  VPS Hosting
    2.  VPS
    3.  Dedicated Server Hosting
    4.  Block Storage

    Vultr VS Ceph

     
    • Vultr is the most popular Web-based, Windows & Linux alternative to Ceph.

    • Vultr is the most popular commercial alternative to Ceph.

    • Vultr is Paid and ProprietaryCeph is Free and Open Source
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    Google Cloud Filestore is a managed file storage service designed for high-performance workloads. It provides consistent performance, low latency storage operations, and can handle demanding workloads effectively. With Filestore Enterprise, there is a 99.

    19 Google Cloud Filestore alternatives

    License model

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Online

    Google Cloud Filestore Features

    1.  Fully managed service
    2.  File Storage

    Google Cloud Filestore VS Ceph

     
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    Attach NVMe-based Volumes Block Storage to Droplets for secure, scalable, business-ready storage. Enjoy faster speeds than SSDs, high IOPS, and low latency for critical applications, with 99.99% uptime and protection against hardware failures. Ideal for Kubernetes.

    6 DigitalOcean Block Storage alternatives

    License model

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)

    Properties

    1.  Scalable

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Kubernetes
    3.  SSD Storage
    4.  Droplets, Custom Images
    5.  Block Storage
    6.  High Availability

    DigitalOcean Block Storage VS Ceph

     
    • DigitalOcean Block Storage is the most popular SaaS alternative to Ceph.

    • DigitalOcean Block Storage is Paid and ProprietaryCeph is Free and Open Source
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    Persistent Disk is used to store data persistently in a scalable and reliable manner within a cloud infrastructure.

    6 Google Cloud Persistent Disk alternatives

    License model

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Online

    Properties

    1.  Scalable

    Features

    1.  Block Storage
    2.  Google Cloud
    3.  Persistent Storage

    Google Cloud Persistent Disk VS Ceph

     
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    IBM Cloud Block Storage is a persistent, high-performance iSCSI storage that is provisioned and managed independently of compute instances. iSCSI-based Block Storage LUNs are connected to authorized devices through redundant multi-path I/O (MPIO) connections.

    6 IBM Cloud Block Storage alternatives

    License model

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Online

    IBM Cloud Block Storage Features

    1.  Persistent Storage
    2.  High Availability
    3.  Block Storage
    4.  ISCSI support
    5.  Disaster Recovery

    IBM Cloud Block Storage VS Ceph

     
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    Alibaba Cloud Block Storage is a block-level data storage service attached to Elastic Compute Service (ECS) instances and features low latency, persistence, and high reliability. Block Storage enables automatic replication within the same zone to avoid data loss caused by...

    6 Alibaba Cloud Elastic Block Storage alternatives

    License model

    Country of Origin

    • CN flagChina

    Platforms

    • Online

    Properties

    1.  Scalable

    Features

    1.  Low Latency
    2.  I/O Monitoring
    3.  Data Protection
    4.  Block Storage
    5.  AWS Integration

    Alibaba Cloud Elastic Block Storage VS Ceph

     
  8. GlusterFS icon
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    GlusterFS is a scale-out network-attached storage file system. It has found applications including cloud computing, streaming media services, and content delivery networks. GlusterFS was developed originally by Gluster, Inc. and then by Red Hat, Inc.

    19 GlusterFS alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux

    GlusterFS VS Ceph

     
  9. Scaleway icon
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    Manage Your Infrastructure at Scale. Build your cloud infrastructure in seconds.

    115 Scaleway alternatives

    License model

    Country of Origin

    • FR flagFrance
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online

    Scaleway Features

    1.  ARM support
    2.  VPS Hosting

    Scaleway VS Ceph

     
  10. Skylable Sx icon
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    Skylable SX is a reliable, fully distributed cluster solution for your data storage needs. With SX you can aggregate the disk space available on multiple servers and merge it into a single storage system.

    7 Skylable Sx alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • GB flagUnited Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    Discontinued

    project is dead

    Skylable Sx Features

    1.  Object storage

    Skylable Sx VS Ceph

     
    • Skylable Sx is the most popular Mac alternative to Ceph.

    • Skylable Sx is Free and Open SourceCeph is also Free and Open Source
  11. Garage icon
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    Garage is a lightweight geo-distributed data store that implements the Amazon S3 object storage protocol. It enables applications to store large blobs such as pictures, video, images, documents, etc., in a redundant multi-node setting.

    6 Garage alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Object storage
    2.  S3 compatible
    3.  Distributed

    Garage VS Ceph

     
  12. Seaweed FS icon
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    SeaweedFS is a simple and highly scalable distributed file system to store and serve billions of files fast! SeaweedFS object store has O(1) disk seek and SeaweedFS Filer supports cross-cluster replication, POSIX, S3 API, ,….

    16 Seaweed FS alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted

    Seaweed FS Features

    1.  WebDAV Support
    2.  Erasure coding
    3.  S3 storage support
    4.  Distributed
    5.  Fault tolerant
    6.  Region replication
    7.  Kubernetes
    8.  Filesystem
    9.  File Storage

    Seaweed FS VS Ceph

     
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