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1 | ================= |
2 | Welcome to Ceph | |
3 | ================= | |
4 | ||
39ae355f | 5 | Ceph delivers **object, block, and file storage in one unified system**. |
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7 | .. warning:: |
8 | ||
9 | :ref:`If this is your first time using Ceph, read the "Basic Workflow" | |
10 | page in the Ceph Developer Guide to learn how to contribute to the | |
11 | Ceph project. (Click anywhere in this paragraph to read the "Basic | |
12 | Workflow" page of the Ceph Developer Guide.) <basic workflow dev guide>`. | |
13 | ||
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14 | .. note:: |
15 | ||
16 | :ref:`If you want to make a commit to the documentation but you don't | |
17 | know how to get started, read the "Documenting Ceph" page. (Click anywhere | |
18 | in this paragraph to read the "Documenting Ceph" page.) <documenting_ceph>`. | |
19 | ||
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20effc67 | 24 | .. raw:: html |
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20effc67 | 26 | <h3>Ceph Object Store</h3> |
7c673cae | 27 | |
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28 | - RESTful Interface |
29 | - S3- and Swift-compliant APIs | |
30 | - S3-style subdomains | |
31 | - Unified S3/Swift namespace | |
32 | - User management | |
33 | - Usage tracking | |
34 | - Striped objects | |
35 | - Cloud solution integration | |
36 | - Multi-site deployment | |
37 | - Multi-site replication | |
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20effc67 | 41 | .. raw:: html |
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20effc67 | 43 | <h3>Ceph Block Device</h3> |
7c673cae | 44 | |
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45 | - Thin-provisioned |
46 | - Images up to 16 exabytes | |
47 | - Configurable striping | |
48 | - In-memory caching | |
49 | - Snapshots | |
50 | - Copy-on-write cloning | |
51 | - Kernel driver support | |
52 | - KVM/libvirt support | |
53 | - Back-end for cloud solutions | |
54 | - Incremental backup | |
55 | - Disaster recovery (multisite asynchronous replication) | |
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20effc67 | 59 | .. raw:: html |
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20effc67 | 61 | <h3>Ceph File System</h3> |
11fdf7f2 | 62 | |
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63 | - POSIX-compliant semantics |
64 | - Separates metadata from data | |
65 | - Dynamic rebalancing | |
66 | - Subdirectory snapshots | |
67 | - Configurable striping | |
68 | - Kernel driver support | |
69 | - FUSE support | |
70 | - NFS/CIFS deployable | |
71 | - Use with Hadoop (replace HDFS) | |
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20effc67 | 77 | See `Ceph Object Store`_ for additional details. |
11fdf7f2 | 78 | |
20effc67 | 79 | .. container:: column |
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20effc67 | 81 | See `Ceph Block Device`_ for additional details. |
11fdf7f2 | 82 | |
20effc67 | 83 | .. container:: column |
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20effc67 | 85 | See `Ceph File System`_ for additional details. |
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86 | |
87 | Ceph is highly reliable, easy to manage, and free. The power of Ceph | |
88 | can transform your company's IT infrastructure and your ability to manage vast | |
89 | amounts of data. To try Ceph, see our `Getting Started`_ guides. To learn more | |
90 | about Ceph, see our `Architecture`_ section. | |
91 | ||
92 | ||
93 | ||
94 | .. _Ceph Object Store: radosgw | |
d2e6a577 | 95 | .. _Ceph Block Device: rbd |
9f95a23c | 96 | .. _Ceph File System: cephfs |
f67539c2 | 97 | .. _Getting Started: install |
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98 | .. _Architecture: architecture |
99 | ||
100 | .. toctree:: | |
11fdf7f2 | 101 | :maxdepth: 3 |
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102 | :hidden: |
103 | ||
104 | start/intro | |
7c673cae | 105 | install/index |
9f95a23c | 106 | cephadm/index |
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107 | rados/index |
108 | cephfs/index | |
d2e6a577 | 109 | rbd/index |
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110 | radosgw/index |
111 | mgr/index | |
11fdf7f2 | 112 | mgr/dashboard |
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113 | api/index |
114 | architecture | |
9f95a23c | 115 | Developer Guide <dev/developer_guide/index> |
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116 | dev/internals |
117 | governance | |
9f95a23c | 118 | foundation |
b5b8bbf5 | 119 | ceph-volume/index |
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120 | releases/general |
121 | releases/index | |
20effc67 | 122 | security/index |
7c673cae | 123 | Glossary <glossary> |
20effc67 | 124 | Tracing <jaegertracing/index> |