The best replacement for ceph is swift.

The best alternatives to ceph are rated as following:
★★★★★  swift
★★★★★  hdfs
★★★★  gluster
★★★★  lustre
★★★  zfs
★★  moosefs
★★  cinder
★★  riak cs
★  glusterfs
★  scaleio
★  sheepdog
  asph
  cahme

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Speaking about ceph, one probably shouldn't forget about openstack.

Other search terms related to ceph and their ratings are:
★★★★★ openstack
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