From: Zac Dover Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2024 19:33:58 +0000 (+1000) Subject: doc/architecture.rst: improve rados definition X-Git-Tag: v17.2.8~545^2 X-Git-Url: http://git.apps.os.sepia.ceph.com/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=0d04f187ff5b83a3644bbd9b91a8c201afc007f2;p=ceph.git doc/architecture.rst: improve rados definition Improve the definition of RADOS, and link to information about RADOS. Signed-off-by: Zac Dover (cherry picked from commit 763f6b7a22e846962f388d58fd7e699cbf16ffe7) --- diff --git a/doc/architecture.rst b/doc/architecture.rst index c896316be7ecd..c210b45630267 100644 --- a/doc/architecture.rst +++ b/doc/architecture.rst @@ -19,9 +19,14 @@ The Ceph Storage Cluster ======================== Ceph provides an infinitely scalable :term:`Ceph Storage Cluster` based upon -:abbr:`RADOS (Reliable Autonomic Distributed Object Store)`, which you can read -about in `RADOS - A Scalable, Reliable Storage Service for Petabyte-scale -Storage Clusters`_. +:abbr:`RADOS (Reliable Autonomic Distributed Object Store)`, a reliable, +distributed storage service that uses the intelligence in each of its nodes to +secure the data it stores and to provide that data to client. See Sage Weil's +"`The RADOS Object Store +`_" blog +post for a brief explanation of RADOS and see `RADOS - A Scalable, Reliable +Storage Service for Petabyte-scale Storage Clusters`_ for an exhaustive +explanation of :term:`RADOS`. A Ceph Storage Cluster consists of multiple types of daemons: