From 43057b88538e868b817acb04d5e6c4e95b4c716e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Zac Dover Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2024 22:36:16 +1000 Subject: [PATCH] doc/glossary: add "object storage" Add a (very basic) definition of object storage. Signed-off-by: Zac Dover --- doc/glossary.rst | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/glossary.rst b/doc/glossary.rst index 893927de67c..d3a0dd8f4cb 100644 --- a/doc/glossary.rst +++ b/doc/glossary.rst @@ -324,6 +324,12 @@ Node See :term:`Ceph Node`. + Object Storage + Object storage is one of three kinds of storage relevant to + Ceph. The other two kinds of storage relevant to Ceph are file + storage and block storage. Object storage is the category of + storage most fundamental to Ceph. + Object Storage Device See :term:`OSD`.