From: Zac Dover Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2022 05:34:20 +0000 (+1000) Subject: doc/glosary.rst: add "Ceph Block Device" term X-Git-Tag: v18.1.0~923^2 X-Git-Url: http://git.apps.os.sepia.ceph.com/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=09e4df6a52fa9e5cb3fb141a423b7da80278a75f;p=ceph-ci.git doc/glosary.rst: add "Ceph Block Device" term Add a definition for "Ceph Block Device". Signed-off-by: Zac Dover --- diff --git a/doc/glossary.rst b/doc/glossary.rst index c427141f992..27801bd4560 100644 --- a/doc/glossary.rst +++ b/doc/glossary.rst @@ -22,6 +22,13 @@ reflect either technical terms or legacy ways of referring to Ceph systems. Ceph Ceph Block Device + A software instrument that orchestrates the storage of + block-based data in Ceph. Ceph Block Device (also called "RBD", + or "RADOS block device") splits block-based application data + into "chunks". RADOS stores these chunks as objects. Ceph Block + Device orchestrates the storage of those objects across the + storage cluster. See also :term:`RBD`. + Ceph Block Storage The block storage "product," service or capabilities when used in conjunction with ``librbd``, a hypervisor such as QEMU or