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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  13 - RESTful Interface
  14 - S3- and Swift-compliant APIs
  15 - S3-style subdomains
  16 - Unified S3/Swift namespace
  17 - User management
  18 - Usage tracking
  19 - Striped objects
  20 - Cloud solution integration
  21 - Multi-site deployment
  22 - Multi-site replication
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  29 - Thin-provisioned
  30 - Images up to 16 exabytes
  31 - Configurable striping
  32 - In-memory caching
  33 - Snapshots
  34 - Copy-on-write cloning
  35 - Kernel driver support
  36 - KVM/libvirt support
  37 - Back-end for cloud solutions
  38 - Incremental backup
  39 - Disaster recovery (multisite asynchronous replication)
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  43         </td><td><h3>Ceph Filesystem</h3>
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  45 - POSIX-compliant semantics
  46 - Separates metadata from data
  47 - Dynamic rebalancing
  48 - Subdirectory snapshots
  49 - Configurable striping
  50 - Kernel driver support
  51 - FUSE support
  52 - NFS/CIFS deployable
  53 - Use with Hadoop (replace HDFS)
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  59 See `Ceph Object Store`_ for additional details.
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  65 See `Ceph Block Device`_ for additional details.
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  71 See `Ceph Filesystem`_ for additional details.
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  77 Ceph is highly reliable, easy to manage, and free. The power of Ceph
  78 can transform your company's IT infrastructure and your ability to manage vast
  79 amounts of data. To try Ceph, see our `Getting Started`_ guides. To learn more
  80 about Ceph, see our `Architecture`_ section.
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  84 .. _Ceph Object Store: radosgw
  85 .. _Ceph Block Device: rbd/rbd
  86 .. _Ceph Filesystem: cephfs
  87 .. _Getting Started: start
  88 .. _Architecture: architecture
  89
  90 .. toctree::
  91    :maxdepth: 1
  92    :hidden:
  93
  94    start/intro
  95    start/index
  96    install/index
  97    rados/index
  98    cephfs/index
  99    rbd/rbd
 100    radosgw/index
 101    mgr/index
 102    api/index
 103    architecture
 104    Development <dev/index>
 105    release-notes
 106    releases
 107    Glossary <glossary>