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Update the BlueStore entry in the glossary, explaining that as of Reef
BlueStore and only BlueStore (and not FileStore) is the storage backend
for Ceph.

Signed-off-by: Zac Dover <[email protected]>
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:ref:`BlueStore<rados_config_storage_devices_bluestore>`
OSD BlueStore is a storage back end used by OSD daemons, and
was designed specifically for use with Ceph. BlueStore was
introduced in the Ceph Kraken release. In the Ceph Luminous
release, BlueStore became Ceph's default storage back end,
supplanting FileStore. BlueStore stores objects directly on
Ceph block devices without any file system interface.
Since Luminous (12.2), BlueStore has been Ceph's default
and recommended storage back end.
introduced in the Ceph Kraken release. The Luminous release of
Ceph promoted BlueStore to the default OSD back end,
supplanting FileStore. As of the Reef release, FileStore is no
longer available as a storage backend.

BlueStore stores objects directly on Ceph block devices without
a mounted file system.

Bucket
In the context of :term:`RGW`, a bucket is a group of objects.
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