Challenges
and objectives
For gridscale we have done work on their Ceph environment. gridscale has staff working on Ceph but found that 42on could help them in the challenges they now had with Ceph.
Update
gridscale wanted help to update their Ceph cluster through 4 major updates.
Automation
At some point, Ceph stopped updating automatically. They immediately wanted to fix this, as automation is key for gridscale.
Stay up-to-date
The objective is to keep working with the latest Ceph releases.
Distribute knowledge
gridscale wants the organization to distribute knowledge and to make sure the various parts of their organization learn over time in a continuous fashion.
Optimization
gridscale is working towards limiting clusters in size. This will make the maintenance less complex and limits the failure domain in case of issues with less data and customers affected, than if it is one large Ceph cluster.

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Mission
- gridscale is a company that provides professional PaaS and IaaS. gridscale's smart PaaS adjusts your IT resources in real time.
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Industry
- Hosting
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Location
- Köln, Germany
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Description
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gridscale was developed by cloud computing experts and brings infrastructure and PaaS to a new level. No matter how complex your requirements are: with gridscale you can rely on the most innovative and stable technology, intuitive interfaces that boost your development speed, and security.
Values gridscale holds onto:- gridscale solves problems for users with their technology.
- gridscale believes in non-stop automation.
- gridscale is a sparring partner for their users and understands their goals.
- gridscale creates WOW moments for their users by delivering quality, stability, flexibility and the best user experience.
Services provided to gridscale
Upgrade of Ceph
We upgraded the entire Ceph environment for gridscale. We took the worries about it out of gridscale's hands.
Tactical & operational
Doing this we supported and advised gridscale in a tactical and operational way on their Ceph environment.
Supporting in issues
We supported gridscale with some issues they ran into, like fixing a bug in order to keep their environment healthy.
Helping where we can
We helped gridscale with technical malfunctions that occurred, so they had the time to focus on their clients.
Reference architecture
We helped gridscale to create a reference architecture for their offered services in the most efficient way possible.
Following up
Reaching an up to date and consistent platform again, gridscale returns to normal operation.
About 42on
42on supports Ceph teams with the complete operation of Ceph clusters by providing consultancy, training, Emergency Assistance, and Managed Services.
Why choose 42on as your partner for your open-source infrastructure?
Ceph experts
We are a professional team of Ceph experts that work and communicate closely together to ensure optimal results.
Emergency Assistance
We offer Emergency Assistance for your Ceph environment that applies 24/7, no matter the country or timezone you are in.
We are experienced
We are experienced in working with big as well as small companies and are committed to keeping your Ceph cluster, running at all times.
We are an internationally operating company
We aim for long term relationships.
Open infrastructure community
We are actively involved in well known and active open source communities such as the Ceph foundation.
We love Ceph
Perhaps most importantly; we are in love with open source and Ceph.

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According to gridscale
- ''42on is very professional. When somebody from 42on logs into our cluster we know that we don’t have to be afraid in any way because we know they know how important it is for us and our company.''
- ''There are certain things regarding a Ceph cluster where I think it’s very wise to get 42on in, even though you have your own Linux engineers in the company.''
- ''There are only a few companies that I would recommend in such a way and 42on is one of them. If you have a Ceph problem just call 42on.''
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Felix Kronlage-Dammers, COO at gridscale.
Work with
42on
info@42on.com
Location
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The Netherlands
Phone
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