From 50da905a3f47fce602348e90e8c39c6575ad7581 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Zac Dover Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2023 08:03:06 +1000 Subject: [PATCH] doc/glossary: add "Period" to glossary Add definition for "period" to glossary. Signed-off-by: Zac Dover (cherry picked from commit bd9bc3adb3960385615fe79ea83809396a19dae0) --- doc/glossary.rst | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/glossary.rst b/doc/glossary.rst index 2149a76e6dab..091d332629f0 100644 --- a/doc/glossary.rst +++ b/doc/glossary.rst @@ -271,6 +271,12 @@ This is the unique identifier of an OSD. This term is used interchangeably with ``fsid`` + Period + In the context of :term:`RGW`, a period is the configuration + state of the :term:`Realm`. The period stores the configuration + state of a multi-site configuration. When the period is updated, + the "epoch" is said thereby to have been changed. + :ref:`Pool` A pool is a logical partition used to store objects. -- 2.47.3