Unified Storage Infrastructure Ceph
Transform your storage with Ceph, the unified solution that replaces SAN, NAS and S3 in a single infrastructure. Easily manage your petabytes of data with 3 modes: Object (S3), Block (iSCSI/RBD) and File (CephFS). Proven 65% ROI vs proprietary solutions. Ideal for banks, telecoms and media requiring high performance and data sovereignty in Morocco.
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The unified storage revolution: Object, Block and File in a single intelligent infrastructure
Facing the data explosion in Africa (1045% storage growth in 2024), traditional infrastructures are reaching their limits. ECINTELLIGENCE offers you Ceph, the distributed storage platform adopted by over 3,000 global organizations collectively managing over 1 exabyte of data. A unique solution that unifies Object Storage (S3), Block Storage (SAN) and File Storage (NAS) with unmatched resilience and scalability.
📊 The storage urgency in Africa
- Global data: 149 zettabytes in 2024, projected 394 ZB by 2028
- Africa: Only 1% of global datacenters despite explosive growth
- African storage market: +10.35% CAGR through 2029
- 60% of enterprise data migrating to cloud/hybrid solutions
- Proprietary solution costs: +40% in 2024 (EMC, NetApp, HPE)
→ The time is critical to modernize your storage infrastructure
🔄 Ceph: The 3 unified storage modes
One infrastructure, three native protocols
📦 Object Storage (RGW)
S3/Swift Compatible
- ✅ Native S3 API (99.9% AWS compatible)
- ✅ Unlimited file storage
- ✅ Rich searchable metadata
- ✅ Multitenancy and bucket policies
- ✅ Versioning and lifecycle management
Ideal for: Archives, backups, media content, data lakes
💾 Block Storage (RBD)
Replaces your SAN
- ✅ Thin-provisioned volumes
- ✅ Instant snapshots
- ✅ Copy-on-write clones
- ✅ iSCSI Gateway for VMware/Hyper-V
- ✅ Native Kubernetes integration
Ideal for: VMs, databases, containers
📁 File Storage (CephFS)
High-performance NAS
- ✅ POSIX compliant
- ✅ Multi-protocol (NFS/SMB)
- ✅ Quotas and snapshots
- ✅ Unlimited concurrent mounts
- ✅ High-performance metadata
Ideal for: File shares, home directories, HPC
🏦 Special solution for Moroccan banking sector
With 3 of the 10 largest African banks based in Morocco (Attijariwafa, BCP, Bank of Africa), the financial sector requires storage infrastructure that matches its pan-African ambitions:
Reference architecture for banking sector
| Use case | Ceph Type | Benefits |
|---|---|---|
| Core Banking Database | Block (RBD) | Latency <1ms, hourly snapshots |
| Customer documents (KYC) | Object (S3) | Metadata search, compliance |
| Office files | File (CephFS) | Multi-site access, user quotas |
| Legal archives (7 years) | Object + Tiering | 70% cost reduction, WORM compliance |
| Analytics & BI | Object (Data Lake) | Infinite scalability, S3 compatible |
Integrated regulatory compliance:
- ✅ AES-256 encryption at rest and in transit (BAM/Bank Al-Maghrib)
- ✅ Geo-replication for BCP/DRP (BCEAO requirements)
- ✅ Complete and immutable audit trail (CNDP compliance)
- ✅ Automated legal retention with WORM
💡 Performance and savings: The best of both worlds
Extreme performance
- Throughput: Up to 325 GB/s read
- IOPS: 100K+ IOPS per NVMe OSD
- Latency: <0.5ms with NVMe + RDMA
- Scalability: From 3 to 10,000+ nodes
- Objects: Billions without degradation
Massive savings
- Licenses: 0 MAD (open source)
- Hardware: Commodity x86
- Storage reduction: 65% with erasure coding
- 3-year TCO: -70% vs NetApp/EMC
- No vendor lock-in
🚀 Advanced architecture and Ceph innovations
Integrated cutting-edge technologies
Intelligent data distribution with no single point of failure
2x better performance, native compression, checksums
Automatic SSD ↔ HDD migration based on usage
Data protection with 50% less space than replication
Active-active synchronization between datacenters
Integrated real-time monitoring and alerting
🎯 Sectoral use cases in Morocco
📺 Media & Broadcasting (2M, SNRT)
- Challenges: 4K/8K video archives, high availability streaming
- Ceph Solution:
- Object Storage for infinite archives
- Parallel transcoding on CephFS
- CDN origin with SSD cache
- Results: Storage costs -60%, streaming 10x faster
📱 Telecoms (Maroc Telecom, Orange Morocco)
- Challenges: Massive CDRs, network backups, mobile content
- Ceph Solution:
- S3 Data Lake for CDR analytics
- Block storage for VNFs
- Geo-distributed object storage
- Results: Real-time analytics, guaranteed ANRT compliance
🏥 Healthcare (CHU, Private Clinics)
- Challenges: DICOM medical images, patient records, compliance
- Ceph Solution:
- PACS on Object Storage
- 10-year legal retention
- End-to-end encryption
- Results: Instant image access, -75% costs vs proprietary PACS
🔧 Seamless migration from your current systems
Proven migration process
-
1
Analysis and sizing (1 week)
- Existing infrastructure audit (SAN/NAS)
- Required capacity and performance calculation
- Target Ceph architecture design -
2
POC and validation (2 weeks)
- Test cluster deployment
- Pilot workload migration
- Performance tests and validation -
3
Production deployment (2-4 weeks)
- Production cluster installation
- High availability configuration
- Monitoring/alerting integration -
4
Progressive migration (4-8 weeks)
- Batch migration with replication
- Guaranteed zero downtime
- Rollback possible at any time -
5
Continuous optimization
- Performance tuning
- Team training
- 24/7 local support
Native compatibility with:
EMC VMAX/Unity • NetApp FAS/AFF • HPE 3PAR/Nimble • Dell PowerStore • IBM Storwize
🌍 The ECINTELLIGENCE advantage for Ceph in Africa
- First certified Ceph deployer in Morocco: 50+ clusters in production
- Local expertise: 100% Casablanca-based team
- 24/7 support in French and Arabic: Guaranteed SLAs
- Partner datacenters: N+Power, Inwi DC, ADNOC
- Regional ecosystem: Presence in Ivory Coast, Senegal, Tunisia
- Pricing in MAD: No exchange risk
🎓 Ceph training and certification
Complete training program
3 days • Beginner
Architecture, deployment, basic administration
5 days • Intermediate
Tuning, troubleshooting, disaster recovery
2 days • Expert
Large infrastructure design, best practices
✅ Official Ceph Foundation certification included
💰 Transparent economic model
| Component | Ceph | Proprietary SAN | Savings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Software licenses | 0 MAD | 2-5M MAD/PB | 100% |
| Hardware (100TB usable) | 800K MAD | 3M MAD | 73% |
| Annual support | 150K MAD | 500K MAD | 70% |
| Scalability | Linear | Step-wise | ♾️ |
| 3-year TCO (1PB) | 4.5M MAD | 15M MAD | 70% |
📈 Success Story: Major Moroccan bank
"We replaced 5 aging SAN arrays with a 2PB Ceph cluster. Not only did we cut our costs by 3, but we gained agility. Deploying new applications that took weeks now happens in minutes. Native geo-replication ensures total BAM compliance."
- Infrastructure Director, Top 3 Moroccan Bank
Results: -65% TCO • +200% performance • RPO/RTO < 1 minute
🚨 Act now: Storage is becoming critical
⏰ Limited offer: Free infrastructure audit
African data is growing 1045% per year
Will your current infrastructure hold up?
✓ Capacity and performance analysis
✓ Personalized ROI calculation
✓ Custom Ceph architecture design
✓ Risk-free migration plan
ECINTELLIGENCE - Leader in distributed storage in French-speaking Africa
Your partner for sovereign and high-performance storage infrastructure
Key points
- Tailor-made solution adapted to your needs
- 24/7 technical support
- Cutting-edge and certified technologies
- Team of certified experts
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