FileStore
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-FileStore is the legacy approach to storing objects in Ceph. It
+FileStore is the legacy approach to storing objects in Ceph. It
relies on a standard file system (normally XFS) in combination with a
key/value database (traditionally LevelDB, now RocksDB) for some
metadata.
-FileStore is well-tested and widely used in production but suffers
-from many performance deficiencies due to its overall design and
-reliance on a traditional file system for storing object data.
+FileStore is well-tested and widely used in production. However, it
+suffers from many performance deficiencies due to its overall design
+and its reliance on a traditional file system for storing object data.
-Although FileStore is generally capable of functioning on most
-POSIX-compatible file systems (including btrfs and ext4), we only
-recommend that XFS be used. Both btrfs and ext4 have known bugs and
-deficiencies and their use may lead to data loss. By default all Ceph
-provisioning tools will use XFS.
+Although FileStore is capable of functioning on most POSIX-compatible
+file systems (including btrfs and ext4), we recommend that only the
+XFS file system be used with Ceph. Both btrfs and ext4 have known bugs and
+deficiencies and their use may lead to data loss. By default, all Ceph
+provisioning tools use XFS.
For more information, see :doc:`filestore-config-ref`.