:ref:`BlueStore<rados_config_storage_devices_bluestore>`
OSD BlueStore is a storage back end used by OSD daemons, and
was designed specifically for use with Ceph. BlueStore was
- introduced in the Ceph Kraken release. In the Ceph Luminous
- release, BlueStore became Ceph's default storage back end,
- supplanting FileStore. Unlike :term:`filestore`, BlueStore
- stores objects directly on Ceph block devices without any file
- system interface. Since Luminous (12.2), BlueStore has been
- Ceph's default and recommended storage back end.
+ introduced in the Ceph Kraken release. The Luminous release of
+ Ceph promoted BlueStore to the default OSD back end,
+ supplanting FileStore. As of the Reef release, FileStore is no
+ longer available as a storage backend.
+
+ BlueStore stores objects directly on Ceph block devices without
+ a mounted file system.
Bucket
In the context of :term:`RGW`, a bucket is a group of objects.