ceph/doc/index.rst

   1 =================
   2  Welcome to Ceph
   3 =================
   4
   5 Ceph delivers **object, block, and file storage in one unified system**.
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   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>`.
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  20           <h3>Ceph Object Store</h3>
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  22       - RESTful Interface
  23       - S3- and Swift-compliant APIs
  24       - S3-style subdomains
  25       - Unified S3/Swift namespace
  26       - User management
  27       - Usage tracking
  28       - Striped objects
  29       - Cloud solution integration
  30       - Multi-site deployment
  31       - Multi-site replication
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  37           <h3>Ceph Block Device</h3>
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  39       - Thin-provisioned
  40       - Images up to 16 exabytes
  41       - Configurable striping
  42       - In-memory caching
  43       - Snapshots
  44       - Copy-on-write cloning
  45       - Kernel driver support
  46       - KVM/libvirt support
  47       - Back-end for cloud solutions
  48       - Incremental backup
  49       - Disaster recovery (multisite asynchronous replication)
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  55           <h3>Ceph File System</h3>
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  57       - POSIX-compliant semantics
  58       - Separates metadata from data
  59       - Dynamic rebalancing
  60       - Subdirectory snapshots
  61       - Configurable striping
  62       - Kernel driver support
  63       - FUSE support
  64       - NFS/CIFS deployable
  65       - Use with Hadoop (replace HDFS)
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  71       See `Ceph Object Store`_ for additional details.
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  75       See `Ceph Block Device`_ for additional details.
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  79       See `Ceph File System`_ for additional details.
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  81 Ceph is highly reliable, easy to manage, and free. The power of Ceph
  82 can transform your company's IT infrastructure and your ability to manage vast
  83 amounts of data. To try Ceph, see our `Getting Started`_ guides. To learn more
  84 about Ceph, see our `Architecture`_ section.
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  88 .. _Ceph Object Store: radosgw
  89 .. _Ceph Block Device: rbd
  90 .. _Ceph File System: cephfs
  91 .. _Getting Started: install
  92 .. _Architecture: architecture
  93
  94 .. toctree::
  95    :maxdepth: 3
  96    :hidden:
  97
  98    start/intro
  99    install/index
 100    cephadm/index
 101    rados/index
 102    cephfs/index
 103    rbd/index
 104    radosgw/index
 105    mgr/index
 106    mgr/dashboard
 107    api/index
 108    architecture
 109    Developer Guide <dev/developer_guide/index>
 110    dev/internals
 111    governance
 112    foundation
 113    ceph-volume/index
 114    Ceph Releases (general) <https://docs.ceph.com/en/latest/releases/general/>
 115    Ceph Releases (index) <https://docs.ceph.com/en/latest/releases/>
 116    security/index
 117    Glossary <glossary>
 118    Tracing <jaegertracing/index>