Hello Ceph Friends! I hope this week has gone well for you. Before logging off for the weekend, I wanted to share a few updates and announcements. Here's what's happening in our community this week: *Welcome, Western Digital!*The Ceph Foundation is excited to welcome Western Digital as our newest member. More details soon! Meet our members - https://ceph.io/en/foundation/members/ *Why should you attend Cephalocon 2025?*Long-time Ceph Ambassador Frédéric Nass shares why he's excited for Vancouver. Read his blog - https://ceph.io/en/news/blog/2025/cephalocon-blog/. <https://ceph.io/en/news/blog/2025/cephalocon-blog/> *Tech Deep Dive*Check out the 4-part blog series by Daniel Alexander Parkes and Anthony D'Atri on Health-Aware Load Balancing for Ceph RGW with Consul. - Part 1: Building Health-Aware Load Balancing for the Ceph Object Gateway (RGW)with Consul <https://ceph.io/en/news/blog/2025/consul-lb1/> - Part 2: Seamless DNS Routing with CoreDNS and Virtual-Host Style Bucket Access <https://ceph.io/en/news/blog/2025/consul-lb2/> - Part 3. Consul-Powered Global Load Balancing for Ceph Object Gateway (RGW) <https://ceph.io/en/news/blog/2025/consul-lb3/> - Part 4. Consul-Powered Global Load Balancing for Ceph Object Gateway (RGW) <https://ceph.io/en/news/blog/2025/consul-lb4/> *Your Feedback Needed*Help guide Ceph's future by answering our one-question survey on operability. Take the survey - https://forms.gle/RmFeS2CE1BVj4LPz8 *Cephalocon 2025 is Almost Here!*We are nearly one month away from Cephalocon 2025 in Vancouver. Promote the registration link within your social media. Registration link - https://events.linuxfoundation.org/cephalocon/register/. Also, please note the Ceph New Users Workshop on October 27th - https://events.clyso.tech/event/2/registrations/2/. *Join the Cephalocon Slack Channel*Your go-to space for travel tips, schedule updates, and after-events fun. Lastly, if you are interested in becoming more active in our community, please reach out to me at community-manager@ceph.io. I am always happy to chat about our community and how we can support one another. Take care! -- Anthony Middleton Community Manager, Ceph Foundation community-manager@ceph.io LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/company/ceph>| BlueSky <https://bsky.app/profile/ceph.io> | Twitter <https://x.com/Ceph>