Ceph vs OpenDrives Astraeus
Ceph
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| Figure | Ceph | OpenDrives Astraeus |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · Storage Management Software | 8.8 (#1) | 7.7 (#11) |
| Data protection | Ceph can replicate data across devices, racks, and geographic locations, and redistribute data after hardware or connectivity failures. | OpenDrives describes resilient protection, data integrity, and always-on availability as part of Astraeus’s data services. |
| Deployment | Ceph runs on commodity hardware and can be installed and managed with cephadm or deployed on Kubernetes with Rook. | Astraeus is described as supporting deployment across on-premises, public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud environments. |
| Founded | 2006 | 2011 |
| Integrations | The documentation lists integrations for block devices including Kubernetes, QEMU, libvirt, OpenStack, Nomad, and CloudStack. | The product page says Astraeus can aggregate cloud-native applications and clusters through its Kubernetes-based framework; it does not name specific third-party integrations. |
| Intended users | The maker identifies SMEs, global organizations, academic institutions, startups, and developers as Ceph audiences. | OpenDrives identifies enterprises seeking to unify data sources, manage data sprawl, and run cloud-native applications or resource-intensive workflows such as AI, machine learning, and edge computing as potential Astraeus users. |
| Support | The maker directs users to documentation, the ceph-users mailing list, community channels, and the bug tracker for help. | OpenDrives invites qualified candidates to contact [email protected] about the Astraeus Early Adopter Program. |
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In their own words
Ceph
Ceph is free, open-source distributed storage software for object, block, and file storage in one system. Organizations run clusters on commodity hardware that they choose and manage. Its RGW object storage supports the S3 API and Swift-compatible applications. RBD provides thin-provisioned disk images, snapshots, writable clones, and asynchronous mirroring to remote Ceph clusters. CephFS is a POSIX-compliant distributed filesystem with snapshots, quotas, and multi-cluster mirroring. The system can replicate data across devices, racks, and geographic locations, then redistribute it following hardware or connectivity failures. For Kubernetes, the project recommends Rook to run Ceph or connect an existing cluster; its CSI driver can provision block and file volumes. Installation choices include packages, container images, source clones, and tarballs. The cephadm tool requires Python 3, systemd, and Podman or Docker. Production guidance calls for at least three monitors, two managers, three OSDs, and 10 Gb/s networking between hosts. The project publishes a stable release annually and supports each series for approximately 24 months.
OpenDrives Astraeus
OpenDrives Astraeus has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.