+--------------+--------+------------------------+--------------------------------+-------------------+-----------------+
| Release Name | Tag | CentOS | Ubuntu | OpenSUSE :sup:`C` | Debian :sup:`C` |
+==============+========+========================+================================+===================+=================+
-| Quincy | 17.2.z | 8 :sup:`A` | 20.04 :sup:`A` | 15.3 | 11 |
+| Quincy | 17.2.z | 9 :sup:`A` :sup:`1` | 20.04 :sup:`A` | 15.3 | 11 |
+--------------+--------+------------------------+--------------------------------+-------------------+-----------------+
| Pacific | 16.2.z | 8 :sup:`A` | 18.04 :sup:`C`, 20.04 :sup:`A` | 15.2 | 10, 11 |
+--------------+--------+------------------------+--------------------------------+-------------------+-----------------+
- **A**: Ceph provides packages and has done comprehensive tests on the software in them.
- **B**: Ceph provides packages and has done basic tests on the software in them.
- **C**: Ceph provides packages only. No tests have been done on these releases.
+- **1**: Testing has been done on Centos 9 starting on version 17.2.8 for Quincy.
Ceph does not require a specific Linux distribution. Ceph can run on any
distribution that includes a supported kernel and supported system startup