The major releases of Ceph include:
-- **Firefly:** Firefly is the most recent major release of Ceph. These packages
+- **Giant:** Giant is the most recent major release of Ceph. These packages
are recommended for anyone deploying Ceph in a production environment.
Critical bug fixes are backported and point releases are made as necessary.
-- **Emperor:** Emperor is the fifth major release of Ceph. These packages
+- **Firefly:** Firefly is the sixth major release of Ceph. These packages
are recommended for anyone deploying Ceph in a production environment.
- Critical bug fixes are backported and point releases are made as necessary.
+ Firefly is a long-term stable release, so critical bug fixes are backported
+ and point releases are made as necessary.
+
+- **Emperor:** Emperor is the fifth major release of Ceph. These packages
+ are are old and no longer supported, so we recommend that users upgrade to
+ Firefly immediately.
- **Dumpling:** Dumpling is the fourth major release of Ceph. These packages
- are recommended for anyone deploying Ceph in a production environment.
- Critical bug fixes are backported as necessary.
-
-- **Cuttlefish:** Cuttlefish is the third major release of Ceph. These packages
- are recommended for those who have already deployed bobtail in production and
- are not yet ready to upgrade.
-
-- **Bobtail:** Bobtail is the second major release of Ceph. These packages are
- recommended for those who have already deployed bobtail in production and
- are not yet ready to upgrade.
+ are older and not recommended for new users, but critical bug fixes are
+ still backported as necessary. We encourage all Dumpling users to update to
+ Firefly as soon as they are able to do so.
-- **Argonaut:** Argonaut is the first major release of Ceph. These packages
- are recommended for those who have already deployed Argonaut in production
- and are not yet ready to upgrade.
+- **Argonaut, Bobtail, Cuttlefish:** These are the first three releases of
+ Ceph. These packages are old and no longer supported, so we recommend that
+ users upgrade to a supported version.
.. tip:: For European users, there is also a mirror in the Netherlands at:
http://eu.ceph.com/