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- Ceph Object Storage
+ Ceph Object Gateway
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-:term:`Ceph Object Storage` is an object storage interface built on top of
+:term:`Ceph Object Gateway` is an object storage interface built on top of
``librgw`` and ``librados`` to provide applications with a RESTful gateway to
-Ceph Storage Clusters. Ceph Object Storage supports two interfaces:
+Ceph Storage Clusters. :term:`Ceph Object Storage` supports two interfaces:
#. **S3-compatible:** Provides object storage functionality with an interface
that is compatible with a large subset of the Amazon S3 RESTful API.
#. **Swift-compatible:** Provides object storage functionality with an interface
that is compatible with a large subset of the OpenStack Swift API.
-Ceph Object Storage uses the RADOS Gateway daemon (``radosgw``), which is a
-FastCGI module for interacting with ``librgw`` and ``librados``. Since it
-provides interfaces compatible with OpenStack Swift and Amazon S3, RADOS Gateway
-has its own user management. RADOS Gateway can store data in the same Ceph
-Storage Cluster used to store data from Ceph Filesystem clients or Ceph Block
-Device clients. The S3 and Swift APIs share a common namespace, so you may write
-data with one API and retrieve it with the other.
+Ceph Object Storage uses the Ceph Object Gateway daemon (``radosgw``), which is
+a FastCGI module for interacting with ``librgw`` and ``librados``. Since it
+provides interfaces compatible with OpenStack Swift and Amazon S3, the Ceph
+Object Gateway has its own user management. Ceph Object Gateway can store data
+in the same Ceph Storage Cluster used to store data from Ceph Filesystem clients
+or Ceph Block Device clients. The S3 and Swift APIs share a common namespace, so
+you may write data with one API and retrieve it with the other.
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| S3 compatible API | | Swift compatible API |