There are two Ceph daemons that store data on devices:
- * **Ceph OSDs** (or Object Storage Daemons) are where most of the
- data is stored in Ceph. Generally speaking, each OSD is backed by
- a single storage device, like a traditional hard disk (HDD) or
- solid state disk (SSD). OSDs can also be backed by a combination
- of devices, like a HDD for most data and an SSD (or partition of an
- SSD) for some metadata. The number of OSDs in a cluster is
- generally a function of how much data will be stored, how big each
- storage device will be, and the level and type of redundancy
- (replication or erasure coding).
- * **Ceph Monitor** daemons manage critical cluster state like cluster
- membership and authentication information. For smaller clusters a
- few gigabytes is all that is needed, although for larger clusters
- the monitor database can reach tens or possibly hundreds of
- gigabytes.
+ .. _rados_configuration_storage-devices_ceph_osd:
+
+ * **Ceph OSDs** (Object Storage Daemons) store most of the data
+ in Ceph. Usually each OSD is backed by a single storage device.
+ This can be a traditional hard disk (HDD) or a solid state disk
+ (SSD). OSDs can also be backed by a combination of devices: for
+ example, a HDD for most data and an SSD (or partition of an
+ SSD) for some metadata. The number of OSDs in a cluster is
+ usually a function of the amount of data to be stored, the size
+ of each storage device, and the level and type of redundancy
+ specified (replication or erasure coding).
+ * **Ceph Monitor** daemons manage critical cluster state. This
+ includes cluster membership and authentication information.
+ Small clusters require only a few gigabytes of storage to hold
+ the monitor database. In large clusters, however, the monitor
+ database can reach sizes of tens of gigabytes to hundreds of
+ gigabytes.
+ * **Ceph Manager** daemons run alongside monitor daemons, providing
+ additional monitoring and providing interfaces to external
+ monitoring and management systems.
-OSD Backends
-============
+OSD Back Ends
+=============
-There are two ways that OSDs can manage the data they store. Starting
-with the Luminous 12.2.z release, the new default (and recommended) backend is
-*BlueStore*. Prior to Luminous, 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*.
.. _rados_config_storage_devices_bluestore: