# Ceph Days Seattle 2026 - Cloud Transition to Tape

DevFeed: [Ceph Days Seattle 2026 - Cloud Transition to Tape](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/ceph-days-seattle-2026-cloud-transition-to-tape-12330.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://ceph.io/en/news/blog/2026/cd-seattle-cloud-blog/>)

Author: John Shubeck

Published: 2026-06-15T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Ceph Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/ceph-blog.md>)

Topics: [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [Amazon S3](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/amazon-s3.md>), [ibm](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ibm.md>), [Cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud.md>), [Software](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software.md>)

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## AI overview

This article recaps Ceph Days Seattle 2026, a community-driven event about open-source storage. It introduces Ceph as a software-defined platform for block, file, and object storage, and highlights a presentation on transitioning Ceph cloud workloads to S3-enabled tape.

## Source excerpt

I'm John Shubeck, an information technology professional with over 44 years of industry experience spanning both the customer and technology provider experience. I'm currently serving as a Senior Storage Technical Specialist for IBM Object Storage platforms across all market segments in the Americas. On Thursday, May 28th, 30 members, myself included, of the Ceph faithful descended on the SURF business incubator in downtown Seattle for "Ceph Days Seattle 2026". Following the traditional Ceph Days agenda, the Seattle program consisted of a series of "Ceph Talks" designed to introduce new ideas and share lessons learned. Ceph Days are community-driven events designed to bring together Ceph users, developers, architects, administrators, and anyone interested in open-source storage. Held throughout the year in locations around the world, these one-day gatherings offer a unique opportunity to learn from real-world deployments, explore new technologies, connect with peers, and contribute to discussions that help shape the future of Ceph. Did you know? ¶ Ceph is a software-defined, hardware-independent storage solution that provides block, file, and object storage on a single unified platform. Ceph is championed by developers, administrators, users, IT leaders, and Fortune 500 enterprise customers. It is a living, vibrant, and active group that has adopted Ceph in its IT operations. The Ceph project and community are supported by a Foundation (https://ceph.io/en/foundation/) comprising organizations, stakeholders, and industry leaders who collaborate to coordinate investment, development, and community activities for Ceph. With the setting, plot, and characters stated above, we turn to today's topic. A key activity of the Ceph community is a series of "Ceph Days" conferences. A Ceph Day is a full-day meetup where participants learn, network, make new acquaintances, and share ideas on how to enhance the value of Ceph. Sometimes IBM participates by providing the venue, a gue