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diff --git a/doc/radosgw/index.rst b/doc/radosgw/index.rst index e90d690cb19..9251b2411e2 100644 --- a/doc/radosgw/index.rst +++ b/doc/radosgw/index.rst @@ -1,23 +1,24 @@ -=============== - RADOS Gateway -=============== +===================== + Ceph Object Storage +===================== -RADOS Gateway is an object storage interface built on top of ``librados`` to -provide applications with a RESTful gateway to RADOS clusters. The RADOS Gateway -supports two interfaces: +:term:`Ceph Object Storage` is an object storage interface built on top of +``librgw`` and ``librados`` to provide applications with a RESTful gateway to +Ceph Storage Clusters. Ceph Object Storage supports two interfaces: -#. **S3-compatible:** Provides block storage functionality with an interface that - is compatible with a large subset of the Amazon S3 RESTful API. +#. **S3-compatible:** Provides object storage functionality with an interface + that is compatible with a large subset of the Amazon S3 RESTful API. -#. **Swift-compatible:** Provides block storage functionality with an interface +#. **Swift-compatible:** Provides object storage functionality with an interface that is compatible with a large subset of the OpenStack Swift API. -RADOS Gateway is a FastCGI module for interacting with ``librados``. Since it +Ceph Object Storage uses the RADOS Gateway daemon (``radosgw``), which is a +FastCGI module for interacting with ``librgw`` and ``librados``. Since it provides interfaces compatible with OpenStack Swift and Amazon S3, RADOS Gateway -has its own user management. RADOS Gateway can store data in the same RADOS -cluster used to store data from Ceph FS clients or RADOS block devices. -The S3 and Swift APIs share a common namespace, so you may write data with -one API and retrieve it with the other. +has its own user management. RADOS Gateway can store data in the same Ceph +Storage Cluster used to store data from Ceph Filesystem clients or Ceph Block +Device clients. The S3 and Swift APIs share a common namespace, so you may write +data with one API and retrieve it with the other. .. ditaa:: +------------------------+ +------------------------+ | S3 compatible API | | Swift compatible API | @@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ one API and retrieve it with the other. | OSDs | | Monitors | +------------------------+ +------------------------+ -.. note:: RADOS Gateway does **NOT** use the CephFS metadata server. +.. note:: Ceph Object Storage does **NOT** use the Ceph Metadata Server. .. toctree:: |