diff --git a/rados/striper/striper_test.go b/rados/striper/striper_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..924828c7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rados/striper/striper_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+//go:build ceph_preview
+
+package striper
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/gofrs/uuid"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	tsuite "github.com/stretchr/testify/suite"
+
+	"github.com/ceph/go-ceph/rados"
+)
+
+type StriperTestSuite struct {
+	tsuite.Suite
+
+	pool string
+	conn *rados.Conn
+}
+
+func (suite *StriperTestSuite) connect() *rados.Conn {
+	conn, err := rados.NewConn()
+	require.NoError(suite.T(), err)
+
+	err = conn.ReadDefaultConfigFile()
+	require.NoError(suite.T(), err)
+
+	timeout := time.After(time.Second * 5)
+	ch := make(chan error)
+	go func(conn *rados.Conn) {
+		ch <- conn.Connect()
+	}(conn)
+	select {
+	case err = <-ch:
+	case <-timeout:
+		err = fmt.Errorf("timed out waiting for connect")
+	}
+	require.NoError(suite.T(), err)
+	return conn
+}
+
+func (suite *StriperTestSuite) defaultContext() *rados.IOContext {
+	ioctx, err := suite.conn.OpenIOContext(suite.pool)
+	require.NoError(suite.T(), err)
+	return ioctx
+}
+
+func (suite *StriperTestSuite) SetupSuite() {
+	suite.pool = fmt.Sprintf("striper%s", uuid.Must(uuid.NewV4()).String())
+	conn := suite.connect()
+	defer conn.Shutdown()
+	require.NoError(suite.T(), conn.MakePool(suite.pool))
+}
+
+func (suite *StriperTestSuite) TearDownSuite() {
+	conn := suite.connect()
+	defer conn.Shutdown()
+	assert.NoError(suite.T(), conn.DeletePool(suite.pool))
+}
+
+func (suite *StriperTestSuite) SetupTest() {
+	suite.conn = suite.connect()
+}
+
+func (suite *StriperTestSuite) TearDownTest() {
+	suite.conn.Shutdown()
+	suite.conn = nil
+}
+
+func (suite *StriperTestSuite) TestNewStriper() {
+	ioctx := suite.defaultContext()
+	defer ioctx.Destroy()
+
+	striper, err := New(ioctx)
+	assert.NoError(suite.T(), err)
+	striper.Destroy()
+
+}
+
+func (suite *StriperTestSuite) TestStriperSetObjectLayout() {
+	ioctx := suite.defaultContext()
+	defer ioctx.Destroy()
+
+	striper, err := New(ioctx)
+	assert.NoError(suite.T(), err)
+	defer striper.Destroy()
+
+	assert.NoError(suite.T(), striper.SetObjectLayoutStripeUnit(65536))
+	assert.NoError(suite.T(), striper.SetObjectLayoutStripeCount(16))
+	assert.NoError(suite.T(), striper.SetObjectLayoutObjectSize(8388608))
+}
+
+func (suite *StriperTestSuite) TestNewStriperWithLayout() {
+	ioctx := suite.defaultContext()
+	defer ioctx.Destroy()
+
+	p := StriperLayout{65536, 16, 8388608}
+	striper, err := NewWithLayout(ioctx, p)
+	assert.NoError(suite.T(), err)
+	striper.Destroy()
+}
+
+func TestStriperTestSuite(t *testing.T) {
+	tsuite.Run(t, new(StriperTestSuite))
+}
diff --git a/rados/striper/write_test.go b/rados/striper/write_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9c75c144f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rados/striper/write_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,163 @@
+//go:build ceph_preview
+
+package striper
+
+import (
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func (suite *StriperTestSuite) TestReadWrite() {
+	ioctx := suite.defaultContext()
+	defer ioctx.Destroy()
+
+	striper, err := New(ioctx)
+	require.NoError(suite.T(), err)
+	defer striper.Destroy()
+
+	name := "TestReadWrite"
+	err = striper.Write(name, []byte("hello world"), 0)
+	require.NoError(suite.T(), err)
+
+	err = striper.Write(name, []byte("earthlings"), 6)
+	require.NoError(suite.T(), err)
+
+	buf := make([]byte, 32)
+	size, err := striper.Read(name, buf, 0)
+	require.NoError(suite.T(), err)
+	assert.Equal(suite.T(), 16, size)
+	assert.Equal(suite.T(), "hello earthlings", string(buf[:size]))
+}
+
+func (suite *StriperTestSuite) TestReadWriteFull() {
+	ioctx := suite.defaultContext()
+	defer ioctx.Destroy()
+
+	striper, err := New(ioctx)
+	require.NoError(suite.T(), err)
+	defer striper.Destroy()
+
+	name := "TestReadWriteFull"
+	err = striper.WriteFull(name, []byte("hello world"))
+	require.NoError(suite.T(), err)
+
+	err = striper.WriteFull(name, []byte("earthlings"))
+	require.NoError(suite.T(), err)
+
+	buf := make([]byte, 32)
+	size, err := striper.Read(name, buf, 0)
+	require.NoError(suite.T(), err)
+	assert.Equal(suite.T(), 10, size)
+	assert.Equal(suite.T(), "earthlings", string(buf[:size]))
+}
+
+func (suite *StriperTestSuite) TestReadAppend() {
+	ioctx := suite.defaultContext()
+	defer ioctx.Destroy()
+
+	striper, err := New(ioctx)
+	require.NoError(suite.T(), err)
+	defer striper.Destroy()
+
+	name := "TestReadAppend"
+	err = striper.Append(name, []byte("hello world"))
+	require.NoError(suite.T(), err)
+
+	err = striper.Append(name, []byte(" and all you earthlings"))
+	require.NoError(suite.T(), err)
+
+	buf := make([]byte, 64)
+	size, err := striper.Read(name, buf, 0)
+	require.NoError(suite.T(), err)
+	assert.Equal(suite.T(), 34, size)
+	assert.Equal(suite.T(),
+		"hello world and all you earthlings",
+		string(buf[:size]))
+}
+
+func (suite *StriperTestSuite) TestRemove() {
+	ioctx := suite.defaultContext()
+	defer ioctx.Destroy()
+
+	striper, err := New(ioctx)
+	require.NoError(suite.T(), err)
+	defer striper.Destroy()
+
+	name := "TestRemove"
+	err = striper.Append(name, []byte("goodbye world"))
+	require.NoError(suite.T(), err)
+
+	err = striper.Remove(name)
+	require.NoError(suite.T(), err)
+
+	buf := make([]byte, 32)
+	_, err = striper.Read(name, buf, 0)
+	require.Error(suite.T(), err)
+	require.Equal(suite.T(), -2, err.(radosStriperError).ErrorCode())
+}
+
+func (suite *StriperTestSuite) TestTruncate() {
+	ioctx := suite.defaultContext()
+	defer ioctx.Destroy()
+
+	striper, err := New(ioctx)
+	require.NoError(suite.T(), err)
+	defer striper.Destroy()
+
+	name := "TestTruncate"
+	err = striper.Write(name, []byte("that's all folks"), 0)
+	require.NoError(suite.T(), err)
+
+	err = striper.Truncate(name, 10)
+	require.NoError(suite.T(), err)
+
+	buf := make([]byte, 32)
+	size, err := striper.Read(name, buf, 0)
+	require.NoError(suite.T(), err)
+	assert.Equal(suite.T(), 10, size)
+	assert.Equal(suite.T(), "that's all", string(buf[:size]))
+}
+
+func (suite *StriperTestSuite) TestStat() {
+	ut := time.Now().Unix()
+
+	ioctx := suite.defaultContext()
+	defer ioctx.Destroy()
+
+	striper, err := New(ioctx)
+	require.NoError(suite.T(), err)
+	defer striper.Destroy()
+
+	name := "TestStat"
+	err = striper.Write(name, []byte("that's all..."), 0)
+	require.NoError(suite.T(), err)
+	err = striper.Write(name, []byte("...folks"), 4096)
+	require.NoError(suite.T(), err)
+
+	ss, err := striper.Stat(name)
+	require.NoError(suite.T(), err)
+
+	assert.Equal(suite.T(), uint64(4104), ss.Size)
+	assert.Equal(suite.T(), uint64(4104), ss.Size)
+	// the Seconds field of the timespec should be between the time we started
+	// the test and two seconds after the time we started the test (as that
+	// ought to be a pretty large window for this operation)
+	assert.GreaterOrEqual(suite.T(), ss.ModTime.Sec, ut)
+	assert.GreaterOrEqual(suite.T(), ut+2, ss.ModTime.Sec)
+}
+
+func (suite *StriperTestSuite) TestStatMissing() {
+	ioctx := suite.defaultContext()
+	defer ioctx.Destroy()
+
+	striper, err := New(ioctx)
+	require.NoError(suite.T(), err)
+	defer striper.Destroy()
+
+	name := "TestStatMissing"
+	_, err = striper.Stat(name)
+	require.Error(suite.T(), err)
+	require.Equal(suite.T(), -2, err.(radosStriperError).ErrorCode())
+}