From 09e4df6a52fa9e5cb3fb141a423b7da80278a75f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Zac Dover Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2022 15:34:20 +1000 Subject: [PATCH] doc/glosary.rst: add "Ceph Block Device" term Add a definition for "Ceph Block Device". Signed-off-by: Zac Dover --- doc/glossary.rst | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/glossary.rst b/doc/glossary.rst index c427141f99268..27801bd4560a0 100644 --- a/doc/glossary.rst +++ b/doc/glossary.rst @@ -22,6 +22,13 @@ reflect either technical terms or legacy ways of referring to Ceph systems. Ceph Ceph Block Device + A software instrument that orchestrates the storage of + block-based data in Ceph. Ceph Block Device (also called "RBD", + or "RADOS block device") splits block-based application data + into "chunks". RADOS stores these chunks as objects. Ceph Block + Device orchestrates the storage of those objects across the + 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 -- 2.39.5