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Object Storage Device
+ See :term:`OSD`.
+
OSD
- A physical or logical storage unit (for example: LUN).
- Sometimes, Ceph users use the
- term "OSD" to refer to :term:`Ceph OSD Daemon`, though the
- proper term is "Ceph OSD".
+ **O**\bject **S**\torage **D**\evice. A physical or logical
+ storage unit (for example: LUN). Ceph users sometimes use the
+ term "OSD" to refer to :term:`Ceph OSD Daemon`, but this is
+ incorrect. The proper expansion of "Ceph OSD" is "object
+ storage device". In contrast, :term:`Ceph OSD Daemon` refers to
+ :ref:`\``ceph-osd``<ceph_osd-daemon>`, not to "**O**\bject
+ **S**\torage **D**\evice".
OSD fsid
This is a unique identifier used to further improve the