17 years of your tireless contribution in building ceph, building community, helping all users across the world is just mind blowing. Tons of storage systems out there serving in the community is due to your tireless efforts. The community will surely miss you a lot but at the same time I am happy for the other social cause you are fighting for, with your energy and passion you will surely make a huge dent over there.
Thank you for being such a great leader for the Ceph Community and providing a beautiful scale out storage system.
On Fri, Oct 15, 2021 at 7:41 AM Sage Weil <sage@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
This fall I will be stepping back from a leadership role in the Ceph
project. My primary focus during the next two months will be to work with
developers and community members to ensure a smooth transition to a more
formal system of governance for the Ceph project. My last day at Red Hat
will be in December.
I have been working on Ceph since 2004. I am immensely proud of what we
have accomplished over the last 17 years, and see a bright future for the
project. I continue to be excited by and inspired by Ceph and the impact
that open source storage has on the industry. I am especially impressed by
the recent influx of talented new developers to the project, and I have the
utmost confidence in and respect for the developer leads who are the
driving force behind the project today. I have no doubt that Ceph will
continue to thrive.
A few likely questions…
-- Where am I going / What am I doing next?
As many of you may be aware, I took a nine-month leave in 2020 to work with
VoteAmerica to help people vote in the US elections. This was a great
experience that reminded me what it was like to work on a small,
fast-moving team with a clear mission. I expect to do something similar for
the 2022 midterm elections, but I do not yet have concrete plans beyond
that, except for a desire to work on something with high social impact.
-- Am I leaving Ceph for good?
Initially, I expect to step back from a leadership role but continue to
contribute as a developer--at least for the short term. How much I
contribute will depend on other time commitments, which are not easy to
predict. My best guess is that I will continue to do some work on the
Quincy release but play a minimal role in the R release.
-- What will Ceph project leadership look like going forward?
The Ceph Leadership Team[1] has known about this coming transition for a
couple of weeks now and has been discussing models for more formal project
governance. We’ve been looking at other projects that have made similar
transitions (e.g., Python) for ideas and inspiration. Expect to see
messages to the email list(s) as we get closer to specific proposals.
-- What does this mean for Red Hat's involvement in Ceph?
My decision to leave Red Hat is unlikely to have any impact whatsoever on
Red Hat's ongoing use of Ceph or its commitment to the Ceph project and
community.
Stay tuned for more information as the discussion around project governance
continues.
It has been a great honor to see a vibrant user and developer community
form around Ceph, and to see so many people devote their time, energy, and
careers to a project that once seemed like such a long shot. Thank you all
for believing in us!
With gratitude,
sage
[1] https://ceph.io/en/community/team/
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