1、Orlando,FLOctober 69IBM TechXchange 2025Session 1375Using Ansible to manage IBM Storage CephIan WrightPellera TechnologiesSystems EngineerUsing Ansible to manage IBM Storage CephWho Am I?Former IBMer(19 years)starting as an intern in Mechanicsburg,PA.Professional hire in 1999 as S/390 SE in training
2、,worked with IBM 2029 Fiber Saver,then in Storage ATS from 2002 to 2008,field SE in Mid-Atlantic until 2017Mainline Storage SE(8 years);Branched out beyond storage and work with Red Hat,and other technologiesMarried for 16 years with one daughter(11),Lilu Dallas Multipass(Dog,16),Krypto(dog,5),Maddi
3、e and Willow(cats,1),and a Tiger(hedgehog,3)Neurodivergent(AuDHD)Able to get hyperfixated on many things and lots of exceptionally nerdy/geeky interests as a result(pictured,top row),D&D,Transformers,lots of Superheroes(Superman is my favorite),and things like the topic at handAgendaWhat is IBM Stor
4、age Ceph?What is Ansible(and Terraform)Why is Automation a benefit to managing IBM Storage CephDay 0Day 1Day 2Day NWhat Is IBM Storage Ceph(or just Ceph)?Based on Open Source“Ceph”projectCreated by Sage Weil in 2004 during Doctoral research at U.C.Santa CruzAcquired by Red Hat in 2014Runs in contain
5、ers on commodity serversProvides“Unified”storage(Object,Block,File)Whats the difference between IBM Storage Ceph and Ceph(squid)Enterprise Class Support vs Community SupportAccess to Storage InsightsBleeding edge vs.stableDramatization of an upstream Ceph deployment during a crit sit as shownin the
6、Hall of Ocean Life in the American Museum of Natural HistoryCeph ArchitectureAutomation(this is where Ansible fits in)Automation is what happens when someone meets a task that they never want to do again-shamelessly stolen from a Red Hat shamelessly stolen from a Red Hat Presentation deckPresentatio