With {pve} you have the benefit of an easy to use installation wizard
for Ceph. Click on one of your cluster nodes and navigate to the Ceph
-section in the menu tree. If Ceph is not installed already you will be
-offered to do this now.
+section in the menu tree. If Ceph is not already installed you will be
+offered to do so now.
The wizard is divided into different sections, where each needs to be
-done successfully in order to use Ceph. After starting the installation
-the wizard will load and install all required packages.
+finished successfully in order to use Ceph. After starting the installation
+the wizard will download and install all required packages from {pve}'s ceph
+repository.
After finishing the first step, you will need to create a configuration.
-This step is only needed on the first run of the wizard, because the
-configuration is cluster wide and therefore distributed automatically
-to all remaining cluster members - see xref:chapter_pmxcfs[cluster file system (pmxcfs)] section.
+This step is only needed once per cluster, as this configuration is distributed
+automatically to all remaining cluster members through {pve}'s clustered
+xref:chapter_pmxcfs[configuration file system (pmxcfs)].
The configuration step includes the following settings:
* *Public Network:* You should setup a dedicated network for Ceph, this
setting is required. Separating your Ceph traffic is highly recommended,
-because it could lead to troubles with other latency dependent services
-e.g. cluster communication.
+because it could lead to troubles with other latency dependent services,
+e.g., cluster communication may decrease Ceph's performance, if not done.
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* *Number of replicas*: Defines the how often a object is replicated
* *Minimum replicas*: Defines the minimum number of required replicas
-for I/O.
+ for I/O to be marked as complete.
-Additionally you need to choose a monitor node, this is required.
+Additionally you need to choose your first monitor node, this is required.
That's it, you should see a success page as the last step with further
instructions on how to go on. You are now prepared to start using Ceph,