See :term:`CephFS`
:ref:`CephFS<ceph-file-system>`
- The **C**\eph **F**\ile **S**\ystem, or CephFS, is a
+ The **Ceph F**\ile **S**\ystem, or CephFS, is a
POSIX-compliant file system built on top of Ceph’s distributed
object store, RADOS. See :ref:`CephFS Architecture
<arch-cephfs>` for more details.
The Ceph manager daemon (ceph-mgr) is a daemon that runs
alongside monitor daemons to provide monitoring and interfacing
to external monitoring and management systems. Since the
- Luminous release (12.x), the ceph-mgr daemon is required in
- order for the Ceph cluster to function properly.
+ Luminous release (12.x), no Ceph cluster functions properly
+ unless it contains a running ceph-mgr daemon.
Ceph Manager Dashboard
See :term:`Ceph Dashboard`.
Ceph Monitor
A daemon that maintains a map of the state of the cluster. This
"cluster state" includes the monitor map, the manager map, the
- OSD map, and the CRUSH map. A minimum of three monitors is
- required in order for the Ceph cluster to be both redundant and
- highly-available. Ceph monitors and the nodes on which they run
- are often referred to as "mon"s. See :ref:`Monitor Config
+ OSD map, and the CRUSH map. A Ceph cluster must contain a
+ minimum of three running monitors in order to be both redundant
+ and highly-available. Ceph monitors and the nodes on which they
+ run are often referred to as "mon"s. See :ref:`Monitor Config
Reference <monitor-config-reference>`.
Ceph Node
:ref:`MDS<cephfs_add_remote_mds>`
The Ceph **M**\eta\ **D**\ata **S**\erver daemon. Also referred
- to as "ceph-mds". The Ceph metadata server daemon is required
- to run the CephFS file system. The MDS stores all filesystem
- metadata.
+ to as "ceph-mds". The Ceph metadata server daemon must be
+ running in any Ceph cluster that runs the CephFS file system.
+ The MDS stores all filesystem metadata.
MGR
The Ceph manager software, which collects all the state from