#118 Why Ceph Still Rules Cloud-Native Storage
De Nederlandse Kubernetes Podcast | 11 nov 2025 | 00:40:13
In this episode of De Nederlandse Kubernetes Podcast, we talk with Travis Nielsen, one of the original creators of the Rook project, about the evolution of cloud-native storage and how Rook and Ceph make reliable, distributed storage accessible to Kubernetes users.
Travis shares the story of how Rook started back in 2016 when Kubernetes was still young and how it became the bridge that made Ceph, a powerful but complex storage system, usable in the cloud-native era.
We discuss:
- What Ceph actually is and why it remains one of the most trusted open-source storage platforms.
- How Rook simplifies Ceph deployment and management inside Kubernetes clusters.
- The difference between NFS and CephFS, and when to use each.
- The best ways to run databases on Ceph and how to balance performance, consistency, and replication.
- Multi-tenancy, scaling, and failure domains how Ceph handles massive distributed systems.
- Common mistakes people make when setting up Ceph and how to avoid them.
- The future of storage in the Kubernetes ecosystem and why Ceph remains essential for stateful workloads.
A deep dive into the intersection of data durability, Kubernetes, and open source innovation from someone who helped build it all.
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