About the Authors

Vikhyat Umraohas 9 years of experience with distributed storage products as a sustenance engineer and in the last couple of years, he has been working on software-defined storage technology, with specific expertise in Ceph Unified Storage. He has been working on Ceph for over 3 years now and in his current position at Red Hat, he focuses on the support and development of Ceph to solve Red Hat Ceph storage customer issues and upstream reported issues.

He is based in the Greater Boston area, where he is a principal software maintenance engineer for Red Hat Ceph Storage. Vikhyat lives with his wife, Pratima, and he likes to explore new places.

I'd like to thank my wife, Pratima, for keeping me motivated so that I could write this book and give time I could have spent with her to this book. I would also like to thank my family (mom and dad) and both my sisters (Khyati and Pragati) for their love, support, and belief in me that I would do better in my life.

I would also like to thank Red Hat for giving me an opportunity to work on such a wonderful storage product, and my colleagues who make a great team. I would like to thank the Ceph community and developers for constantly developing, improving, and supporting Ceph.

I would like to thank Michael—my friend, colleague, and co-author of this book—for making a great team for this book as we make a great team at Red Hat. I would also like to thank Karan, who wrote the first version of this book, for giving us the base for version two.

Finally, I would like to thank the entire team at Packt and a team of technical reviewers for giving us this opportunity, and the hard work they put in beside us while we wrote this book.

Michael Hackett is a storage and SAN expert in customer support. He has been working on Ceph and storage-related products for over 12 years. Apart from this, he holds several storage and SAN-based certifications, and prides himself on his ability to troubleshoot and adapt to new complex issues.

Michael is currently working at Red Hat, based in Massachusetts, where he is a principal software maintenance engineer for Red Hat Ceph and the technical product lead for the global Ceph team.

Michael lives in Massachusetts with his wife, Nicole, his two sons, and their dog. He is an avid sports fan and enjoys time with his family.

I’d like to thank my wife, Nicole, for putting up with some long nights while I was working on this book and understanding the hard work and dedication—a role in the software industry requires. I would also like to thank my two young sons for teaching me more about patience and myself than I ever thought was possible (love you more than you will ever know L and C). Also thank you to my family (mom and dad) and in-laws (Gary and Debbie) for the constant and continued support in everything I do. I would also like to thank Red Hat and my colleagues who truly make each day of work a pleasure. Working at Red Hat is a passion and the drive to make software better is within every Red Hatter. I would like to thank the Ceph community and the developers for constantly developing, improving, and supporting Ceph. Finally, I would like to thank the entire team at Packt and the team of technical reviewers for giving us this opportunity, and the hard work they put in beside us, while we wrote this book.

Karan Singhdevotes a part of his time in learning emerging technologies and enjoys the challenges that come with it. He loves tech writing and is an avid blogger. He also authored the first edition of Learning Ceph and Ceph Cookbook, Packt Publishing. You can reach him on Twitter at @karansingh010.

I’d like to thank my wife, Monika, for giving me wings to fly. 

I’d also like to thank my employer, Red Hat, for giving me an opportunity to work on cutting-edge technologies and to be a part of the world class team I work with.
Finally, special thanks to Vikhyat and Michael for putting great effort into the continued success of Ceph Cookbook.