You should try both and choose the one that best meets your needs. Chmouel at 
eNovance wrote a great summary of the two systems at 
http://techs.enovance.com/6427/ceph-and-swift-why-we-are-not-fighting.

--John



On Dec 23, 2013, at 9:24 AM, Cedric Lemarchand <ced...@yipikai.org> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I am evaluating an object storage solution based on OpenStack (only object 
> storage, no needs for Nova/Cinder).
> The common way would be the use of Swift (which I have already played a bit 
> with, the concept of the "ring" is simply awesome ...).
> The other way is Ceph, it seams to be the "new challenger", in the way that 
> it can handle file/block/object, but seams to be not ready yet for production 
> use, and not very well documented (yet).
> 
> So the question is what would be the best technology to start with now ? I 
> mean does Ceph could replace Swift in a near future (eg IceHouse or the next 
> one) ?
> 
> Any advices are welcome, and will be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Cédric
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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