Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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The Tentacle release of Ceph introduces key NVMeoF enhancements. In this lightning talk, we summarize the new features:

High Availability (HA) and Performance:

Improved Failover Logic: Tentacle overhauled the NVMeoF Gateway fast-failover logic. Beacon timeouts and improve monitoring of gateway health.
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Improved Load Balancing: Enhanced automatic namespace load balancing across available gateways to improve performance and resource utilization.
Enhanced Management and Diagnostics:

New management tools
Dashboard Upgrades:

The dashboard now supports NVMe/TCP gateway groups, multiple namespaces, and enhanced multi-cluster management
As well as many more features.
Slides: ceph.io/assets/pdfs/events/2026/ceph-days-london/nvmeof-what-is-new-in-tentacle.pdf