Release Notes

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Glossary
CephFS
Ceph Filesystem. The portable operating system interface (POSIX) filesystem components of
Ceph.
iDRAC
The integrated Dell Remote Access Controller, an embedded server management interface.
HDD
Hard Disk Drive.
KVM
Kernel Virtual Machine, a hypervisor.
MON
The Ceph monitor software.
Node
One of the servers in the cluster.
OSD
Object Storage Device, a physical or logical unit.
RBD
Ceph RADOS Block Device.
RGW
RADOS Gateway, the S3/Swift gateway component of Ceph.
SDS
Software-defined storage, an approach to computer data storage in which software is used
to manage policy-based provisioning and management of data storage, independent of the
underlying hardware.
SSD
Solid State Drive.
ToR
Top-of-Rack switch.