Ceph on Windows

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Ports Ceph RBD to Windows by shipping a user-space client (wimbd) plus a custom kernel miniport driver that exposes RBD images as block devices, supports Windows Server 2016/2019/2022 and Windows 10/11, and auto-remaps persistent mappings at boot. Demonstrated mounting, NTFS formatting, Hyper-V boot from RBD, and cluster shared volumes (CSV) with experimental persistent reservations across two nodes. Claims significant IO gains: outperforms the iSCSI gateway and even RBD MBD/krbd in tests, released as LGPL 2.1 with signed MSI installers and upcoming Microsoft-signed drivers.

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1. 0:00Introduction to Ceph on Windows
2. 2:29Architectural goals and design
3. 7:51Windows integration and ecosystem
4. 15:34Installation and basic setup
5. 17:44RBD volume mapping demo
6. 20:22CephFS mapping demo
7. 22:52Hyper-V integration demo
8. 25:39Windows clustering demo
9. 30:04Q&A session