- **Monitors**: A :term:`Ceph Monitor` (``ceph-mon``) maintains maps
of the cluster state, including the monitor map, manager map, the
- OSD map, and the CRUSH map. These maps are critical cluster state
- required for Ceph daemons to coordinate with each other. Monitors
- are also responsible for managing authentication between daemons and
- clients. At least three monitors are normally required for
- redundancy and high availability.
+ OSD map, the MDS map, and the CRUSH map. These maps are critical
+ cluster state required for Ceph daemons to coordinate with each other.
+ Monitors are also responsible for managing authentication between
+ daemons and clients. At least three monitors are normally required
+ for redundancy and high availability.
- **Managers**: A :term:`Ceph Manager` daemon (``ceph-mgr``) is
responsible for keeping track of runtime metrics and the current