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**.
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  14           <h3>Ceph Object Store</h3>
  15
  16       - RESTful Interface
  17       - S3- and Swift-compliant APIs
  18       - S3-style subdomains
  19       - Unified S3/Swift namespace
  20       - User management
  21       - Usage tracking
  22       - Striped objects
  23       - Cloud solution integration
  24       - Multi-site deployment
  25       - Multi-site replication
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  31           <h3>Ceph Block Device</h3>
  32
  33       - Thin-provisioned
  34       - Images up to 16 exabytes
  35       - Configurable striping
  36       - In-memory caching
  37       - Snapshots
  38       - Copy-on-write cloning
  39       - Kernel driver support
  40       - KVM/libvirt support
  41       - Back-end for cloud solutions
  42       - Incremental backup
  43       - Disaster recovery (multisite asynchronous replication)
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  49           <h3>Ceph File System</h3>
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  51       - POSIX-compliant semantics
  52       - Separates metadata from data
  53       - Dynamic rebalancing
  54       - Subdirectory snapshots
  55       - Configurable striping
  56       - Kernel driver support
  57       - FUSE support
  58       - NFS/CIFS deployable
  59       - Use with Hadoop (replace HDFS)
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  65       See `Ceph Object Store`_ for additional details.
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  69       See `Ceph Block Device`_ for additional details.
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  73       See `Ceph File System`_ for additional details.
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  75 Ceph is highly reliable, easy to manage, and free. The power of Ceph
  76 can transform your company's IT infrastructure and your ability to manage vast
  77 amounts of data. To try Ceph, see our `Getting Started`_ guides. To learn more
  78 about Ceph, see our `Architecture`_ section.
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  81
  82 .. _Ceph Object Store: radosgw
  83 .. _Ceph Block Device: rbd
  84 .. _Ceph File System: cephfs
  85 .. _Getting Started: install
  86 .. _Architecture: architecture
  87
  88 .. toctree::
  89    :maxdepth: 3
  90    :hidden:
  91
  92    start/intro
  93    install/index
  94    cephadm/index
  95    rados/index
  96    cephfs/index
  97    rbd/index
  98    radosgw/index
  99    mgr/index
 100    mgr/dashboard
 101    api/index
 102    architecture
 103    Developer Guide <dev/developer_guide/index>
 104    dev/internals
 105    governance
 106    foundation
 107    ceph-volume/index
 108    releases/general
 109    releases/index
 110    security/index
 111    Glossary <glossary>
 112    Tracing <jaegertracing/index>