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diff --git a/doc/glossary.rst b/doc/glossary.rst index 4d1376623bb..c20a306c4e3 100644 --- a/doc/glossary.rst +++ b/doc/glossary.rst @@ -14,6 +14,16 @@ system interface. Since Luminous (12.2), BlueStore has been Ceph's default and recommended storage back end. + Bucket + In the context of :term:`RGW`, a bucket is a group of objects. + Buckets are grouped into zones, and zones are grouped into + zonegroups. In an filesystem-based analogy in which objects are + the counterpart of files, buckets are the counterpart of + directories. :ref:`Multisite sync + policies<radosgw-multisite-sync-policy>` can be set on buckets, + to provide fine-grained control of data movement from one zone + to another zone. + Ceph Ceph is a distributed network storage and file system with distributed metadata management and POSIX semantics. |