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Self-paced training presents dynamic text-based content and on-demand videos that feature our most experienced Red Hat certified instructors, that gives you the feel of an in-classroom setting without incurring travel costs and risking time away from the office. It includes unlimited access to course content and 80 hours of cloud-based labs, all optimized for self-study. Give your mind the knowledge you need to advance your skills, prepare for certification exams, and further your career.
- Same high-quality content used in our classrooms
- 80 hours of cloud-based labs
- Knowledge checks after every unit, validating your comprehension
- Presentations from our top instructors delivered in HD video
- Videos are automatically added to the course as they are made available
- Videos translated into multiple languages with subtitles
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Build, expand and maintain cloud-scale, clustered storage for your applications with Red Hat Ceph Storage
Cloud Storage with Red Hat Ceph Storage (CL260) is designed for storage administrators and cloud operators who deploy Red Hat Ceph Storage in a production data center environment or as a component of a Red Hat OpenStack Platform or OpenShift Container Platform infrastructure. Learn how to deploy, manage, and scale a Ceph storage cluster to provide hybrid storage resources, including Amazon S3 and OpenStack Swift-compatible object storage, Ceph-native and iSCSI-based block storage, and shared file storage. This course is based on Red Hat Ceph Storage 5.0.
Audience profile
This course is intended for storage administrators and cloud operators who want to learn how to deploy and manage Red Hat Ceph Storage on servers in an enterprise data center or within a Red Hat OpenStack Platform or OpenShift Container Platform environment.
Developers writing applications that use cloud-based storage will learn the distinctions of various storage types and client access methods.
Pre-requisites
Before attending this course, delegates must have:
- Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) certification, or equivalent experience
- Some experience with storage administration is recommended but not required
Course objectives
At the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Deploy and manage a Red Hat Ceph Storage cluster on commodity servers
- Perform common management operations using the web-based management interface
- Create, expand, and control access to storage pools provided by the Ceph cluster
- Access Red Hat Ceph Storage from clients using object, block, and file-based methods
- Analyze and tune Red Hat Ceph Storage performance
- Integrate Red Hat OpenStack Platform image, object, block, and file storage with a Red Hat Ceph Storage cluster
- Integrate OpenShift Container Platform with a Red Hat Ceph Storage cluster
Course content
Lesson 1: Introducing Red Hat Ceph Storage architecture |
Lesson 2: Deploying Red Hat Ceph Storage |
Lesson 3: Configuring a Red Hat Ceph Storage cluster |
Lesson 4: Creating object storage cluster components |
Lesson 5: Creating and customizing storage maps |
Lesson 6: Providing block storage using RADOS Block Devices |
Lesson 7: Providing object storage using a RADOS Gateway |
Lesson 8: Providing file storage with CephFS |
Lesson 9: Managing a Red Hat Ceph Storage cluster |
Lesson 10: Tuning and troubleshooting Red Hat Ceph Storage |
Lesson 11: Managing Cloud Platforms with Red Hat Ceph Storage |
Associated certifications and exam
The Red Hat Certified Specialist in Ceph Cloud Storage exam (EX260) tests the knowledge, skills, and ability to install, configure, and manage Red Hat® Ceph Storage clusters.
By passing this exam, you become a Red Hat Certified Specialist in Ceph Cloud Storage that also counts towards earning a Red Hat Certified Architect (RHCA®).

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