UnderstandingCeph

Before playing with Ceph...

... it's important to understand its basic concepts. You will find a very good introduction in this video (quite old, but most of what is said is still valid). They are presented in more details here, in the official Ceph documentation website.

If you want a good hands-on wiki, explaining howto install Ceph on VMs, follow this link.

If you prefer books : Learning Ceph.