---
type: entity
title: Ceph-Cluster
tags: [storage, distributed-storage, virtualization]
related: [servervirtualisierung]
created: 2026-06-30
updated: 2026-06-30
sources: ["output/rz_uni_greifswald_de_dienste_allgemein_sonstiges_servervirtualisierung.md"]
---

# Ceph-Cluster

The **Ceph-Cluster** is the distributed storage system used by the [[universitatsrechenzentrum-urz]] to store disk images for its server virtualization infrastructure. 

In the URZ implementation, this storage is managed using **Thin Provisioning** to optimize space allocation.