As we have discussed, Ceph is not always the right choice for every storage requirement. Hopefully, this chapter has given you the knowledge to be able to help you identify your requirements and match them to Ceph's capabilities. Hopefully though, Ceph is a good fit for your use case and you can proceed with the project.

Care should be taken to understand the requirements of the project including the following:

• Who are the key stakeholders of the project, they will likely be the same people that will be able to detail how Ceph will be used.
• Collect details of what systems Ceph will need to interact with. If it becomes apparent, for example, that unsupported operating systems are expected to be used with Ceph, this needs to be flagged at an early stage.