Ceph on Windows
summary
Librados, librbd and CephFS run natively on Windows Server 2016/2019/2022 and Windows 10/11 via a new kernel driver called WMBBD that exposes RBD devices as native volumes, an open source MSI installer for automated deployment, and Hyper‑V support that boots VMs directly from RBD images. Tests report performance that outperforms the iSCSI gateway and even KRBD in their benchmarks. The code uses a VSC user/kernel channel, keeps the standard Ceph CLI, and is available on GitHub.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Introduction to Ceph on Windows
- 1:07Architecture and design goals
- 3:12Technical implementation
- 5:10The WMBBD kernel driver
- 7:21Configuration and installation
- 10:20Virtualization and performance
- 12:57Demonstrations
- 24:06Q&A and closing remarks
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