ceph/doc/index.rst

   1 =================
   2  Welcome to Ceph
   3 =================
   4
   5 Ceph uniquely delivers **object, block, and file storage in one unified
   6 system**.
   7
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  10    :ref:`If this is your first time using Ceph, read the "Basic Workflow"
  11    page in the Ceph Developer Guide to learn how to contribute to the
  12    Ceph project. (Click anywhere in this paragraph to read the "Basic
  13    Workflow" page of the Ceph Developer Guide.) <basic workflow dev guide>`.
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  21           <h3>Ceph Object Store</h3>
  22
  23       - RESTful Interface
  24       - S3- and Swift-compliant APIs
  25       - S3-style subdomains
  26       - Unified S3/Swift namespace
  27       - User management
  28       - Usage tracking
  29       - Striped objects
  30       - Cloud solution integration
  31       - Multi-site deployment
  32       - Multi-site replication
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  38           <h3>Ceph Block Device</h3>
  39
  40       - Thin-provisioned
  41       - Images up to 16 exabytes
  42       - Configurable striping
  43       - In-memory caching
  44       - Snapshots
  45       - Copy-on-write cloning
  46       - Kernel driver support
  47       - KVM/libvirt support
  48       - Back-end for cloud solutions
  49       - Incremental backup
  50       - Disaster recovery (multisite asynchronous replication)
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  56           <h3>Ceph File System</h3>
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  58       - POSIX-compliant semantics
  59       - Separates metadata from data
  60       - Dynamic rebalancing
  61       - Subdirectory snapshots
  62       - Configurable striping
  63       - Kernel driver support
  64       - FUSE support
  65       - NFS/CIFS deployable
  66       - Use with Hadoop (replace HDFS)
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  72       See `Ceph Object Store`_ for additional details.
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  76       See `Ceph Block Device`_ for additional details.
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  80       See `Ceph File System`_ for additional details.
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  82 Ceph is highly reliable, easy to manage, and free. The power of Ceph
  83 can transform your company's IT infrastructure and your ability to manage vast
  84 amounts of data. To try Ceph, see our `Getting Started`_ guides. To learn more
  85 about Ceph, see our `Architecture`_ section.
  86
  87
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  89 .. _Ceph Object Store: radosgw
  90 .. _Ceph Block Device: rbd
  91 .. _Ceph File System: cephfs
  92 .. _Getting Started: install
  93 .. _Architecture: architecture
  94
  95 .. toctree::
  96    :maxdepth: 3
  97    :hidden:
  98
  99    start/intro
 100    install/index
 101    cephadm/index
 102    rados/index
 103    cephfs/index
 104    rbd/index
 105    radosgw/index
 106    mgr/index
 107    mgr/dashboard
 108    api/index
 109    architecture
 110    Developer Guide <dev/developer_guide/index>
 111    dev/internals
 112    governance
 113    foundation
 114    ceph-volume/index
 115    releases/general
 116    releases/index
 117    security/index
 118    Glossary <glossary>
 119    Tracing <jaegertracing/index>