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# [Part 4. Consul-Powered Global Load Balancing for IBM Storage Ceph Object Gateway (RGW)](https://ibm-ceph-object-lb-with-consul.hashnode.dev/part-4-consul-powered-global-load-balancing-for-ibm-storage-ceph-object-gateway-rgw?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Introduction Quick refresher from Part 3: we stood up a global control plane across the Madrid and Paris sites. Each site makes its own routing decisions locally, and the two cooperate over the WAN, so traffic always defaults to healthy, nearby gatew...

Sep 16, 2025 · 12 min read · ibm-ceph-object-lb-with-consul.hashnode.dev  
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