Ceph is an open source software-defined storage solution that runs on commodity hardware, thus enabling enterprises to get rid of expensive, restrictive, proprietary storage systems. It provides a unified, distributed, highly scalable, and reliable object storage solution, which is much needed for today's and the future's unstructured data needs. The world's storage need is exploding, so we need a storage system that is scalable to the multiexabyte level without affecting data reliability and performance. Ceph is future proof, and provides a solution to all these data problems. Ceph is in demand for being a true cloud storage solution with support for almost every cloud platform. From every perspective, Ceph is a great storage solution available today.