On Mon, Apr 13, 2026 at 02:28:55PM +0000, Eugen Block via ceph-users wrote:

No, my understanding was that you can give clients access to RBD's through the nvme-gateway, they see it as an nvme drive. And due to Aviv's help on slack I was able to confirm this understanding, I have a single node ceph cluster (virtual machine), deployed nvme-of and see the RBD image as an nvme drive within the VM now:

test:~ # nvme list Node Generic SN Model Namespace Usage Format FW Rev --------------------- --------------------- -------------------- ---------------------------------------- ---------- -------------------------- ---------------- -------- /dev/nvme1n1 /dev/ng1n1 Ceph42382366687857 Ceph bdev Controller 0x1 10.74 GB / 10.74 GB 512 B + 0 B 25.05.1

So it is really just the transport, ok. Thank you. Kind regards, Alex. -- "Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." -- Thomas A. Edison