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Merge pull request ceph#56367 from zdover23/wip-doc-2024-03-21-intro-mds
doc/start: improve MDS explanation Reviewed-by: Anthony D'Atri <[email protected]>
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heartbeat. At least three Ceph OSDs are normally required for
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redundancy and high availability.
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- **MDSs**: A :term:`Ceph Metadata Server` (MDS, ``ceph-mds``) stores
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metadata on behalf of the :term:`Ceph File System` (i.e., Ceph Block
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Devices and Ceph Object Storage do not use MDS). Ceph Metadata
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Servers allow POSIX file system users to execute basic commands (like
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``ls``, ``find``, etc.) without placing an enormous burden on the
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- **MDSs**: A :term:`Ceph Metadata Server` (MDS, ``ceph-mds``) stores metadata
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for the :term:`Ceph File System`. Ceph Block Devices and Ceph Object Storage
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do not use MDS. Ceph Metadata Servers allow POSIX-file-system users to run
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basic commands (like ``ls``, ``find``, etc.) without placing a burden on the
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Ceph Storage Cluster.
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Ceph stores data as objects within logical storage pools. Using the

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