Replace Red Hat Ceph Storage with Ceph.
Ceph: community edition
Community Ceph provides identical distributed storage with block, file, and object interfaces. Same codebase as Red Hat's commercial offering. Self-hosted, no per-node subscription.
You're losing ~R333 000 to ~R555 000/year.
10-user estimate across 2 published tiers of Red Hat Ceph Storage.
Pricing approximated from vendor-advertised USD converted at current FX. Enterprise and negotiated pricing varies. Book a free audit for your exact number.
Red Hat Ceph Storage vs Ceph (community edition)
Typical ZAR pricing across published tiers of Red Hat Ceph Storage. Your open source alternative pays once. Setup cost. Then it runs free.
Per storage node
Per storage node
Community Ceph provides identical distributed storage with block, file, and object interfaces. Same codebase as Red Hat's commercial offering. Self-hosted, no per-node subscription.
The migration, handled.
Downloading free software isn't the job. Running it in production is. That's the part we do.
Data migration
Export everything from Red Hat Ceph Storage, transform, and import cleanly into Ceph (community edition). Nothing lost.
Parallel running
Old system stays live while the new one takes shape. Cutover only when you're ready.
Integration & SSO
Wire it into your existing email, auth, and payment stack. No isolated island.
Hardening & backups
POPIA-ready config, automated backups, monitoring, and patch management from day one.
Team training
Hands-on onboarding until your people are comfortable. Not a PDF they won't read.
Ongoing support
SLA-backed maintenance so you're not Googling error messages at 2am.
Three weeks from now, you could already have switched.
The audit is free. We'll give you a fixed-price migration quote, a timeline, and the risks, in writing. You decide from there.