X-Git-Url: https://git.proxmox.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=ceph%2Fdoc%2Fglossary.rst;h=4d70376849d5adef142310a4c0c991b1288a89ad;hb=aee94f6923ba628a85d855d0c5316d0da78bfa2a;hp=ed04de697c43b94cd0f4f8ff81aa221a28f7337d;hpb=27f45121cc74e31203777ad565f78d8aad9b92a2;p=ceph.git diff --git a/ceph/doc/glossary.rst b/ceph/doc/glossary.rst index ed04de697..4d7037684 100644 --- a/ceph/doc/glossary.rst +++ b/ceph/doc/glossary.rst @@ -15,10 +15,12 @@ introduced in the Ceph Kraken release. The Luminous release of Ceph promoted BlueStore to the default OSD back end, supplanting FileStore. As of the Reef release, FileStore is no - longer available as a storage backend. + longer available as a storage back end. - BlueStore stores objects directly on Ceph block devices without - a mounted file system. + BlueStore stores objects directly on raw block devices or + partitions, and does not interact with mounted file systems. + BlueStore uses RocksDB's key/value database to map object names + to block locations on disk. Bucket In the context of :term:`RGW`, a bucket is a group of objects. @@ -269,7 +271,7 @@ The Ceph manager software, which collects all the state from the whole cluster in one place. - MON + :ref:`MON` The Ceph monitor software. Node @@ -328,6 +330,19 @@ Pools See :term:`pool`. + :ref:`Primary Affinity ` + The characteristic of an OSD that governs the likelihood that + a given OSD will be selected as the primary OSD (or "lead + OSD") in an acting set. Primary affinity was introduced in + Firefly (v. 0.80). See :ref:`Primary Affinity + `. + + Quorum + Quorum is the state that exists when a majority of the + :ref:`Monitors` in the cluster are ``up``. A + minimum of three :ref:`Monitors` must exist in + the cluster in order for Quorum to be possible. + RADOS **R**\eliable **A**\utonomic **D**\istributed **O**\bject **S**\tore. RADOS is the object store that provides a scalable