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| author | Tommi Virtanen <tommi.virtanen@dreamhost.com> | 2011-12-14 11:13:57 -0800 |
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| committer | Tommi Virtanen <tommi.virtanen@dreamhost.com> | 2011-12-14 11:19:00 -0800 |
| commit | f5cfdbb7a336ff32ed51f29925a054303e0c424f (patch) | |
| tree | 794ebd7ac1385568f35de2a8bbf13949c9dea8e0 /doc/index.rst | |
| parent | 034dd58f775f3d75d60b5ce4dab7deaa4c5446df (diff) | |
| download | ceph-f5cfdbb7a336ff32ed51f29925a054303e0c424f.tar.gz | |
doc: Split intro to talk about the DFS separately. Mention petabytes.
Signed-off-by: Tommi Virtanen <tommi.virtanen@dreamhost.com>
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diff --git a/doc/index.rst b/doc/index.rst index d4c126f2226..72547f54bda 100644 --- a/doc/index.rst +++ b/doc/index.rst @@ -2,8 +2,12 @@ Welcome to Ceph ================= -Ceph is a distributed network storage and file system with distributed -metadata management and POSIX semantics. +Ceph is a unified, distributed storage system that operates on a large +number of hosts connected by a TCP/IP network. Ceph has been designed +to accommodate multiple petabytes of storage with ease. + +Ceph Distributed File System provides POSIX filesystem semantics with +distributed metadata management. RADOS is a reliable object store, used by Ceph, but also directly accessible. |