traditional ceph vs kubernetes orchestrator ceph

1. Ceph vs Rook-Ceph
A Comparative Overview

2. What is Ceph?
• Open-source distributed storage system
• Supports object, block, and file storage
• Highly scalable and fault-tolerant

3. What is Rook-Ceph?
• Rook is a Kubernetes Operator for storage
management
• Rook-Ceph integrates Ceph with Kubernetes
• Simplifies deployment and management of
Ceph in cloud-native environments

4. Key Differences
• Ceph: Standalone storage system; complex to
set up
• Rook-Ceph: Kubernetes-native deployment;
uses Ceph internally
• Rook automates setup, scaling, and recovery

5. Use Cases
• Ceph: Traditional and hybrid infrastructure
• Rook-Ceph: Cloud-native applications on
Kubernetes