# What is Ceph and how do you use Ceph storage systems at Univ. of Kentucky

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_“Ceph is an open-source software storage platform, implements object storage on a single distributed computer cluster, and provides 3-in-1 interfaces for object-, block- and file-level storage”_ ~ wikipedia

At the University of Kentucky, researchers are encouraged to use Ceph object storage (Ceph RGW) to store large amount of data for medium/long-term storage needs.

For copying data in/out of our Ceph clusters, please refer to this page:  
[https://docs.ccs.uky.edu/display/CEPH/2.+How+to+Use+Ceph+Object+Storage+Clusters+on+UK+Campus](https://docs.ccs.uky.edu/display/CEPH/2.+How+to+Use+Ceph+Object+Storage+Clusters+on+UK+Campus)

Ceph official website:

> **[Home - Ceph](https://ceph.io/en/)**
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> Ceph is an open source distributed storage system designed to evolve with data.