Inktank Storage

{{Infobox company

| name = Inktank Storage Inc.

| type = Subsidiary of Red Hat;{{cite web |url=http://www.redhat.com/en/about/press-releases/red-hat-acquire-inktank-provider-ceph |title=Red Hat acquires Inktank |date=2014-04-30 |access-date=2016-10-20}}
Private company

| foundation = 2011

| location_city = Los Angeles, California

| key_people = Sage Weil (Founder and CTO)
Bryan Bogensberger (Founder, CEO)

| industry = Computer storage

| homepage = {{web archive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130327083203/http://www.inktank.com/|title=inktank.com}}

}}

Inktank Storage was the lead development contributor and financial sponsor company behind the open source Ceph distributed file system.{{cite web |title= Startup Inktank Supports Ceph Open-Source Storage Technology |work= CRN |date= 4 May 2012 |author= Joseph F. Kovar |url= http://www.crn.com/news/storage/232901497/startup-inktank-supports-ceph-open-source-storage-technology.htm |access-date= 16 July 2013}} Inktank was founded by Sage Weil and Bryan Bogensberger and initially funded by DreamHost,{{cite web|title=DreamHost spins off Inktank, provides professional services for Ceph cloud storage|url=https://451research.com/report-short?entityId=72305|access-date=5 February 2013}} Citrix{{Cite news|url=http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/inktank-partners-with-citrix-to-support-ceph-distributed-storage-in-cloudplatform-1712281.htm|title=Inktank Partners With Citrix to Support Ceph Distributed Storage in CloudPlatform|work=Marketwired}} and Mark Shuttleworth.{{cite web|title=Open source champ Mark Shuttleworth invests $1M in Ceph storage startup|url=http://gigaom.com/2012/09/11/open-source-champ-mark-shuttleworth-invests-1m-ceph-storage-startup/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130627120028/http://gigaom.com/2012/09/11/open-source-champ-mark-shuttleworth-invests-1m-ceph-storage-startup/|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 27, 2013|access-date=5 February 2013}}

Red Hat acquired Inktank Storage for $175 Million in April 2014.{{Cite web |last=Lunden |first=Ingrid |date=2014-04-30 |title=Red Hat Buys Inktank For $175M In Cash To Beef Up Its Cloud Storage Offerings |url=https://techcrunch.com/2014/04/30/red-hat-buys-ceph-provider-inktank-for-175m-in-cash-to-beef-up-its-cloud-storage-offerings/ |access-date=2023-11-17 |website=TechCrunch |language=en-US}}