ceph/doc/index.rst

   1 =================
   2  Welcome to Ceph
   3 =================
   4
   5 Ceph delivers **object, block, and file storage in one unified system**.
   6
   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
  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>`.
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  26           <h3>Ceph Object Store</h3>
  27
  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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  43           <h3>Ceph Block Device</h3>
  44
  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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  61           <h3>Ceph File System</h3>
  62
  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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  77       See `Ceph Object Store`_ for additional details.
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  81       See `Ceph Block Device`_ for additional details.
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  85       See `Ceph File System`_ for additional details.
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  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
  95 .. _Ceph Block Device: rbd
  96 .. _Ceph File System: cephfs
  97 .. _Getting Started: install
  98 .. _Architecture: architecture
  99
 100 .. toctree::
 101    :maxdepth: 3
 102    :hidden:
 103
 104    start/intro
 105    install/index
 106    cephadm/index
 107    rados/index
 108    cephfs/index
 109    rbd/index
 110    radosgw/index
 111    mgr/index
 112    mgr/dashboard
 113    api/index
 114    architecture
 115    Developer Guide <dev/developer_guide/index>
 116    dev/internals
 117    governance
 118    foundation
 119    ceph-volume/index
 120    releases/general
 121    releases/index
 122    security/index
 123    Glossary <glossary>
 124    Tracing <jaegertracing/index>