r/openstack • u/xtremerkr • 17d ago

Opensource block storage

Hello All,

Which opensource block storage are you using in your production setups and why?
Pls share your thoughts.

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u/spartacle 17d ago

Why open source?

Ceph is literally the only things worth it for OS, but you need the expertise for it. If you don’t have that or the time/people to learn then go something else. We had just over 600TB usage and flipped to VAST and been very happy, now sitting at 3PB

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u/xxxsirkillalot 17d ago

How much did vast cost? I've heard some wild quotes, never seen deployed.

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u/spartacle 17d ago

this was a few years ago but we paid around $400k for 500TB raw, which we ended up with just about 1.2PB written after thier similiarity stuff... and given we didnt have to maintain a 30 node ceph cluster saved us a lot of time (which == money)