another directly, Ceph OSD daemons can make use of the aggregate CPU and RAM
resources of the nodes in the Ceph cluster. This means that a Ceph cluster can
easily perform tasks that a cluster with a centralized interface would struggle
-to perform. The ability of Ceph nodes to make use of the computing power of
+to perform. The ability of Ceph nodes to make use of the computing power of
the greater cluster provides several benefits:
-#. **OSDs Service Clients Directly:** Since any network device has a limit to
- the number of concurrent connections it can support, a centralized system
- has a low physical limit at high scales. By enabling Ceph Clients to contact
- Ceph OSD Daemons directly, Ceph increases both performance and total system
- capacity simultaneously, while removing a single point of failure. Ceph
- Clients can maintain a session when they need to, and with a particular Ceph
- OSD Daemon instead of a centralized server.
+#. **OSDs Service Clients Directly:** Network devices can support only a
+ limited number of concurrent connections. Because Ceph clients contact
+ Ceph OSD daemons directly without first connecting to a central interface,
+ Ceph enjoys improved perfomance and increased system capacity relative to
+ storage redundancy strategies that include a central interface. Ceph clients
+ maintain sessions only when needed, and maintain those sessions with only
+ particular Ceph OSD daemons, not with a centralized interface.
#. **OSD Membership and Status**: Ceph OSD Daemons join a cluster and report
on their status. At the lowest level, the Ceph OSD Daemon status is ``up``