From: Zac Dover Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2022 05:00:00 +0000 (+1000) Subject: doc/glossary: beef up "Ceph Block Storage" X-Git-Tag: v16.2.11~158^2 X-Git-Url: http://git-server-git.apps.pok.os.sepia.ceph.com/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=refs%2Fpull%2F48965%2Fhead;p=ceph.git doc/glossary: beef up "Ceph Block Storage" Beef up the "Ceph Block Storage" entry. Signed-off-by: Zac Dover (cherry picked from commit a2343c5958426654c255f1620a2e383776f8adea) --- diff --git a/doc/glossary.rst b/doc/glossary.rst index d810a2fd0e9a..c80cd3e6b336 100644 --- a/doc/glossary.rst +++ b/doc/glossary.rst @@ -27,9 +27,14 @@ 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 - Xen, and a hypervisor abstraction layer such as ``libvirt``. + One of the three kinds of storage supported by Ceph (the other + two are object storage and file storage). Ceph Block Storage is + the block storage "product", which refers to block-storage + related services and capabilities when used in conjunction with + the collection of (1) ``librbd`` (a python module that provides + file-like access to :term:`RBD` images), (2) a hypervisor such + as QEMU or Xen, and (3) a hypervisor abstraction layer such as + ``libvirt``. Ceph Client The collection of Ceph components which can access a Ceph