I don't even think Ceph is at fault here, since they are not the ones making a critical piece of infrastructure be the responsibility of unpaid volunteers. Eve

I don't even think Ceph is at fault here, since they are not the ones making a critical piece of infrastructure be the responsibility of unpaid volunteers. Even if said volunteers where seasoned sysadmins, I don't think they should be stressing over something so critical while being unpaid. Obviously you don't always get to be paid in money. Sometimes you feel like doing it for the greater good, or because you like the institution, or whatever the reason. However I still think as a university you should not rely on unpaid staff to handle critical systems because it's not a nice thing to do. I don't think most people enjoy stressing over a hobby.