From: Zac Dover Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2022 02:42:00 +0000 (+1000) Subject: doc/ceph-volume: add A. D'Atri's suggestions X-Git-Tag: v16.2.11~212^2 X-Git-Url: http://git-server-git.apps.pok.os.sepia.ceph.com/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=refs%2Fpull%2F48646%2Fhead;p=ceph.git doc/ceph-volume: add A. D'Atri's suggestions Add Anthony D'Atri's notes on doc/ceph-volume/lvm/prepare.rst as expressed in https://github.com/ceph/ceph/pull/48634. Signed-off-by: Zac Dover (cherry picked from commit 98b5330b1a170547e7b166da5a489872cfc7e352) --- diff --git a/doc/ceph-volume/lvm/prepare.rst b/doc/ceph-volume/lvm/prepare.rst index 31b9abbf636e..e0d48a3e721c 100644 --- a/doc/ceph-volume/lvm/prepare.rst +++ b/doc/ceph-volume/lvm/prepare.rst @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Although :term:`bluestore` is the default, the back end can be specified with: ``bluestore`` ------------- -:term:`Bluestore` is the default object store for new OSDs. It +:term:`Bluestore` is the default backend for new OSDs. It offers more flexibility for devices than :term:`filestore` does. Bluestore supports the following configurations: @@ -38,13 +38,13 @@ supports the following configurations: * a block device and a block.db device * a single block device -The bluestore subcommand accepts physical block devices, partitions on physical +The ``bluestore`` subcommand accepts physical block devices, partitions on physical block devices, or logical volumes as arguments for the various device parameters. If a physical block device is provided, a logical volume will be created. If the provided volume group's name begins with `ceph`, it will be created if it does not yet exist and it will be clobbered and reused if it already exists. This allows for a simpler approach to using LVM but at the -cost of flexibility: no options or configurations can be used to change how the +cost of flexibility: no option or configuration can be used to change how the logical volume is created. The ``block`` is specified with the ``--data`` flag, and in its simplest use