monitoring and management systems.
-OSD Backends
-============
+OSD Back Ends
+=============
-There are two ways that OSDs manage the data they store.
-As of the Luminous 12.2.z release, the default (and recommended) backend is
-*BlueStore*. Prior to the Luminous release, the default (and only option) was
-*Filestore*.
+There are two ways that OSDs manage the data they store. As of the Luminous
+12.2.z release, the default (and recommended) back end is *BlueStore*. Prior
+to the Luminous release, the default (and only) back end was *Filestore*.
BlueStore
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-BlueStore is a special-purpose storage backend designed specifically for
+BlueStore is a special-purpose storage back end designed specifically for
managing data on disk for Ceph OSD workloads. BlueStore's design is based on
a decade of experience of supporting and managing Filestore OSDs.