From: John Wilkins Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2014 21:28:04 +0000 (-0800) Subject: doc: Adds additional terms for use with librados. X-Git-Tag: v0.78~194^2~1 X-Git-Url: http://git-server-git.apps.pok.os.sepia.ceph.com/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=0da9621a89fcfbf12d11a87568e259c3b75c7c8c;p=ceph.git doc: Adds additional terms for use with librados. Signed-off-by: John Wilkins --- diff --git a/doc/glossary.rst b/doc/glossary.rst index 949dd3b38d5..144e7faefef 100644 --- a/doc/glossary.rst +++ b/doc/glossary.rst @@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ reflect either technical terms or legacy ways of referring to Ceph systems. The aggregate term for the people, software, mission and infrastructure of Ceph. + cephx + The Ceph authentication protocol. Cephx operates like Kerberos, but it + has no single point of failure. + Ceph Ceph Platform All Ceph software, which includes any piece of code hosted at @@ -130,6 +134,13 @@ reflect either technical terms or legacy ways of referring to Ceph systems. CRUSH Controlled Replication Under Scalable Hashing. It is the algorithm Ceph uses to compute object storage locations. + + ruleset + A set of CRUSH data placement rules that applies to a particular pool(s). + + Pool + Pools + Pools are logical partitions for storing objects. .. _http://github.com/ceph: http://github.com/ceph .. _Cluster Map: ../architecture#cluster-map