"Rook Ceph CSI in Production Environments"
"Rook Ceph CSI in Production Environments" is the definitive guide for deploying, managing, and scaling resilient, high-performance storage within Kubernetes clusters. This comprehensive book demystifies the complex interplay between Rook, Ceph, and the Container Storage Interface (CSI), equipping professionals with the foundational knowledge and advanced skills necessary to engineer robust storage systems tailored for demanding, production-scale workloads. Through clear explanations of core architectural components like MON, OSD, and MDS, alongside Kubernetes storage primitives and CSI workflows, readers develop an in-depth understanding essential for designing modern storage solutions.
The book offers deep dives into every phase of the cluster lifecycle, from strategic design and capacity planning to sophisticated automation, day-to-day operations, and performance engineering. Practical, actionable guidance is provided for topics such as multi-availability zone architectures, securing multi-tenant environments with CephX and Kubernetes RBAC, integrating automated backup and disaster recovery routines, and orchestrating seamless cluster upgrades and migrations. Advanced chapters explore performance benchmarking, bottleneck mitigation, network engineering, and observability-arming readers with the expertise required to ensure reliability, security, and efficiency at scale.
In addition, "Rook Ceph CSI in Production Environments" addresses emerging use cases and future trends, from AI/ML optimization and cloud bursting to extensibility with service meshes and custom CSI plugin development. Rich with real-world case studies and lessons learned, this guide is invaluable for cloud architects, platform engineers, and DevOps teams seeking to leverage Rook Ceph CSI as a cornerstone of enterprise-grade Kubernetes storage infrastructure. With practical examples, best practices, and strategic perspectives throughout, this book is a must-have resource for designing and operating production-ready storage in the cloud-native era.