From: Zac Dover Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2024 21:19:24 +0000 (+1000) Subject: doc/start: improve MDS explanation X-Git-Tag: v20.0.0~2293^2 X-Git-Url: http://git-server-git.apps.pok.os.sepia.ceph.com/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=refs%2Fpull%2F56436%2Fhead;p=ceph.git doc/start: improve MDS explanation Improve the explanation of MDS as requested by Anthony D'Atri here: https://github.com/ceph/ceph/pull/56367#discussion_r1536667249 Signed-off-by: Zac Dover --- diff --git a/doc/start/intro.rst b/doc/start/intro.rst index 4964779f94c50..390f1b2d8d52d 100644 --- a/doc/start/intro.rst +++ b/doc/start/intro.rst @@ -52,10 +52,9 @@ The Ceph Metadata Server is necessary to run Ceph File System clients. redundancy and high availability. - **MDSs**: A :term:`Ceph Metadata Server` (MDS, ``ceph-mds``) stores metadata - for the :term:`Ceph File System`. Ceph Block Devices and Ceph Object Storage - do not use MDS. Ceph Metadata Servers allow POSIX-file-system users to run - basic commands (like ``ls``, ``find``, etc.) without placing a burden on the - Ceph Storage Cluster. + for the :term:`Ceph File System`. Ceph Metadata Servers allow CephFS users to + run basic commands (like ``ls``, ``find``, etc.) without placing a burden on + the Ceph Storage Cluster. Ceph stores data as objects within logical storage pools. Using the :term:`CRUSH` algorithm, Ceph calculates which placement group (PG) should