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doc/start: improve MDS explanation

Reviewed-by: Anthony D'Atri <[email protected]>
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zdover23 authored Mar 24, 2024
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Expand Up @@ -51,11 +51,10 @@ The Ceph Metadata Server is necessary to run Ceph File System clients.
heartbeat. At least three Ceph OSDs are normally required for
redundancy and high availability.

- **MDSs**: A :term:`Ceph Metadata Server` (MDS, ``ceph-mds``) stores
metadata on behalf of the :term:`Ceph File System` (i.e., Ceph Block
Devices and Ceph Object Storage do not use MDS). Ceph Metadata
Servers allow POSIX file system users to execute basic commands (like
``ls``, ``find``, etc.) without placing an enormous burden on the
- **MDSs**: A :term:`Ceph Metadata Server` (MDS, ``ceph-mds``) stores metadata
for the :term:`Ceph File System`. Ceph Block Devices and Ceph Object Storage
do not use MDS. Ceph Metadata Servers allow POSIX-file-system users to run
basic commands (like ``ls``, ``find``, etc.) without placing a burden on the
Ceph Storage Cluster.

Ceph stores data as objects within logical storage pools. Using the
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