Ceph storage on Ubuntu

Canonical Ceph provides a flexible open source storage option for OpenStack, Kubernetes or as a stand-alone storage cluster.

Learn how Ceph can reduce your storage costs ›

Production-worthy
Ceph storage

Designed from the ground up for petabyte-scale deployments, Canonical's Ceph solutions include only open source components with highly automated operations to drive down the total cost of ownership.

If you do not have the in house expertise to operate your own storage infrastructure Canonical Ceph is available as a managed service.

Proven success
with Ceph storage

The Wellcome Sanger Institute initially opted for self-maintained Ceph storage, but as their capacity needs grew from 3 PB to over 20 PB, they turned to Canonical to resolve their scaling issues.

With the help of Canonical support, the Institute's latest Ceph rollout decreased from a month to just four days.

Learn how Wellcome Sanger achieved a cost-effective Ceph infrastructure ›

Ceph storage deployment and operations

Canonical can help you to design and install your Ceph cluster or provide consulting to enable you to run Ceph autonomously. Day 2 operations are straightforward with highly automated procedures to upgrade and expand clusters, and manage hardware replacements. If you prefer to treat your storage as-a-service, we offer Managed Ceph – a Ceph cluster fully managed by Canonical.

Benefits of Ceph on Ubuntu

The choice is yours as to whether to use your own operational framework or leverage the benefits of Canonical Ceph. Each Ubuntu LTS release ships with a version of Ceph that is supported for up to 10 years. Newer releases of Ceph can be installed from the Ubuntu Cloud Archive, allowing flexibility to select the right version of Ceph for your environment.

To maximize Ceph upgrade flexibility for customers, Ceph versions are regularly released and maintained via Ubuntu updates and security repositories, as well as the Ubuntu Cloud Archive. This leads to a flexible mix between remaining at the forefront of innovation and providing long-term support predictability.

With many global enterprises and telco operators running Ceph on Ubuntu, organizations are able to combine block, file and object storage at scale while tapping into the economic and upstream benefits of open source.

Ubuntu 20.04.x LTS Focal	Ubuntu 22.04.x LTS Jammy	Ubuntu 24.04.x LTS Noble
Ceph Quincy 17.2.x	Ceph Reef 18.2.x	Ceph Squid 19.2.x *Release supported under full LTS commitment
Ceph Pacific 16.2.x	Ceph Quincy 17.2.x *Release supported under full LTS commitment	–
Ceph Octopus 15.2.x *Release supported under full LTS commitment	–	–

The Ubuntu and Ceph support cadence

More choice,
for your infrastructure

Across all shapes and sizes of infrastructure, Canonical Ceph can provide all the benefits of upstream Ceph in easily deployable and securely delivered packages.