Replacing ``ceph-disk``
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-The ``ceph-disk`` tool was created at a time were the project was required to
+The ``ceph-disk`` tool was created at a time when the project was required to
support many different types of init systems (upstart, sysvinit, etc...) while
being able to discover devices. This caused the tool to concentrate initially
(and exclusively afterwards) on GPT partitions. Specifically on GPT GUIDs,
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For existing OSDs that have been deployed with ``ceph-disk``, they need to be
scanned and activated :ref:`using the simple sub-command <ceph-volume-simple>`.
-If a different tooling was used then the only way to port them over to the new
+If a different tool was used then the only way to port them over to the new
mechanism is to prepare them again (losing data). See
:ref:`ceph-volume-lvm-existing-osds` for details on how to proceed.
Mirroring
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-You can easily mirror Ceph yourself using a Bash script and rsync. A easy to use
+You can easily mirror Ceph yourself using a Bash script and rsync. An easy-to-use
script can be found at `Github`_.
When mirroring Ceph, please keep the following guidelines in mind:
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The Ceph client tools and libraries can be natively used on Windows. This avoids
-the need of having additional layers such as iSCSI gateways or SMB shares,
+the need for additional layers such as iSCSI gateways or SMB shares,
drastically improving the performance.
Prerequisites