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Overview
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®).
This exam is based on Ceph 4.2.
Audience
These audiences may be interested in becoming a Red Hat Certified Specialist in Ceph Storage Administration:
- Red Hat Certified Engineers who wish to pursue Red Hat Certified Architect (RHCA)
- System administrators who want to demonstrate the ability to configure Red Hat Ceph Storage clusters
- Cloud administrators who need to configure Red Hat Ceph Storage for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform or Red Hat OpenStack Platform
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To help you prepare, these exam objectives highlight the task areas you can expect to see covered in the exam. Red Hat reserves the right to add, modify, and remove exam objectives. Such changes will be made public in advance.
You should be able to perform these tasks:
Install Red Hat Ceph Storage server
Work with existing Red Hat Ceph Storage server appliances
Configure Red Hat Ceph Storage server
Provide block storage with RBD
Provide object storage with RADOSGW
Provide file storage with CephFS
Configure a CRUSH map
Manage and update cluster maps
Manage a Red Hat Ceph Storage cluster
Tune Red Hat Ceph Storage
Troubleshoot Red Hat Ceph Storage server problems
Integrate Red Hat Ceph Storage with Red Hat OpenStack Platform
As with all Red Hat performance-based exams, configurations must persist after reboot without intervention.
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