From: Zac Dover Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2022 16:49:49 +0000 (+1000) Subject: doc/glossary: Define "Ceph Node" X-Git-Tag: v17.2.6~351^2 X-Git-Url: http://git-server-git.apps.pok.os.sepia.ceph.com/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=refs%2Fpull%2F48994%2Fhead;p=ceph.git doc/glossary: Define "Ceph Node" Add a definition of "Ceph Node" to the glossary. Signed-off-by: Zac Dover (cherry picked from commit 24dcf00ac72d37cb531ee89f46be1f56f867f8fd) --- diff --git a/doc/glossary.rst b/doc/glossary.rst index 80328128838..0d561379c02 100644 --- a/doc/glossary.rst +++ b/doc/glossary.rst @@ -91,10 +91,20 @@ OSD map, and the CRUSH map. A minimum of three monitors is required in order for the Ceph cluster to be both redundant and highly-available. Ceph monitors and the nodes on which they run - are often referred to as "mon"s. **SEE** :ref:`Monitor Config + are often referred to as "mon"s. See :ref:`Monitor Config Reference `. Ceph Node + A Ceph node is a unit of the Ceph Cluster that communicates with + other nodes in the Ceph Cluster in order to replicate and + redistribute data. All of the nodes together are called the + :term:`Ceph Storage Cluster`. Ceph nodes include :term:`OSD`\s, + :term:`Ceph Monitor`\s, :term:`Ceph Manager`\s, and + :term:`MDS`\es. The term "node" is usually equivalent to "host" + in the Ceph documentation. If you have a running Ceph Cluster, + you can list all of the nodes in it by running the command + ``ceph node ls all``. + :ref:`Ceph Object Gateway` An object storage interface built on top of librados. Ceph Object Gateway provides a RESTful gateway between applications @@ -189,7 +199,8 @@ are written to the filesystem. Host - Any single machine or server in a Ceph System. + Any single machine or server in a Ceph System. See :term:`Ceph + Node`. LVM tags Extensible metadata for LVM volumes and groups. It is used to @@ -209,6 +220,8 @@ The Ceph monitor software. Node + See :term:`Ceph Node`. + Object Storage Device See :term:`OSD`.