5 Ceph uniquely delivers **object, block, and file storage in one unified
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11 <table cellpadding="10"><colgroup><col width="33%"><col width="33%"><col width="33%"></colgroup><tbody valign="top"><tr><td><h3>Ceph Object Store</h3>
14 - S3- and Swift-compliant APIs
16 - Unified S3/Swift namespace
20 - Cloud solution integration
21 - Multi-site deployment
22 - Multi-site replication
26 </td><td><h3>Ceph Block Device</h3>
30 - Images up to 16 exabytes
31 - Configurable striping
34 - Copy-on-write cloning
35 - Kernel driver support
37 - Back-end for cloud solutions
39 - Disaster recovery (multisite asynchronous replication)
43 </td><td><h3>Ceph File System</h3>
45 - POSIX-compliant semantics
46 - Separates metadata from data
48 - Subdirectory snapshots
49 - Configurable striping
50 - Kernel driver support
53 - Use with Hadoop (replace HDFS)
59 See `Ceph Object Store`_ for additional details.
65 See `Ceph Block Device`_ for additional details.
71 See `Ceph File System`_ for additional details.
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77 Ceph is highly reliable, easy to manage, and free. The power of Ceph
78 can transform your company's IT infrastructure and your ability to manage vast
79 amounts of data. To try Ceph, see our `Getting Started`_ guides. To learn more
80 about Ceph, see our `Architecture`_ section.
84 .. _Ceph Object Store: radosgw
85 .. _Ceph Block Device: rbd
86 .. _Ceph File System: cephfs
87 .. _Getting Started: start
88 .. _Architecture: architecture
105 Developer Guide <dev/developer_guide/index>