Title Ceph: a next generation, open source storage platform - Part I Target size, scope, depth: 2K-3K words CRUSH, RADOS, RGW, RBD (leave CephFS for part II) os/storage concepts literate non-programmers Audience: Engineers, admins, and technically inclined Linux community members who may or may not have heard of Ceph before, but might find it interesting to learn more about the domain, technology, and product. Goals: Generate positive buzz, leading more potential adopters (or even community members) to investigate further contributing to our image as smart people, great technology, and a high-road endeavor Strategy: primary focus is technical educate readers about the challenges of peta-byte scale storage educate readers about effective approaches to addressing them showcase RADOS as an example of such solutions inspire people with the value and idealism of open source Anti-Strategies: do not pitch the company/business (let technology do that) do not dis existing products (we're above that) Suggested Table of Contents and word-budget 1. introduction and challenges of petabyte scale storate (200) 2. solutions to these challenges (300-400) 3. CRUSH and RADOS architecture (500 + pictures) 4. how we address those challenges (400+pictures) 5. examples of products built on top of RADOS RBD concept, layering, functionality, value (200+picture) RGW concept, layering, functionality, value (200+picture) 6. why open source is the right thing here (200) 7. state of the project ... 50% technology, 25% community, 25% company (200) 8. how to get involved (100) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe ceph-devel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
