From 1d2c3bb8f6bf18aefa6f39a36ca51d0af23fc987 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Zac Dover Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2022 08:58:35 +1000 Subject: [PATCH] doc/glossary: define "Ceph OSD" Define "Ceph OSD", using Sage's own description. Signed-off-by: Zac Dover --- doc/glossary.rst | 14 ++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/glossary.rst b/doc/glossary.rst index 32a4f7c317d..7be7595bd23 100644 --- a/doc/glossary.rst +++ b/doc/glossary.rst @@ -85,10 +85,16 @@ Ceph Object Store Ceph OSD - The Ceph OSD software, which interacts with a logical - disk (:term:`OSD`). Sometimes, Ceph users use the - term "OSD" to refer to "Ceph OSD Daemon", though the - proper term is "Ceph OSD". + Ceph **O**\bject **S**\torage **D**\aemon. The Ceph OSD + software, which interacts with logical disks (:term:`OSD`). + Around 2013, there was an attempt by "research and industry" + (Sage's own words) to insist on using the term "OSD" to mean + only "Object Storage Device", but the Ceph community has always + persisted in using the term to mean "Object Storage Daemon" and + no less an authority than Sage Weil himself confirms in + November of 2022 that "Daemon is more accurate for how Ceph is + built" (private correspondence between Zac Dover and Sage Weil, + 07 Nov 2022). Ceph OSD Daemon Ceph OSD Daemons -- 2.39.5