diff --git a/doc/install-guide/object-storage/section_object-storage-example-install-arch.xml b/doc/install-guide/object-storage/section_object-storage-example-install-arch.xml index a2e87188cc..c18714dca7 100644 --- a/doc/install-guide/object-storage/section_object-storage-example-install-arch.xml +++ b/doc/install-guide/object-storage/section_object-storage-example-install-arch.xml @@ -3,33 +3,33 @@ xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" version="5.0"> - Example Object Storage installation architecture + Example of Object Storage installation architecture - node. A host machine that runs one or more OpenStack + Node: A host machine that runs one or more OpenStack Object Storage services. - Proxy node. Runs proxy services. + Proxy node: Runs proxy services. - Storage node. Runs account, container, and object + Storage node: Runs account, container, and object services. Contains the SQLite databases. - Ring. A set of mappings between OpenStack Object + Ring: A set of mappings between OpenStack Object Storage data to physical devices. - Replica. A copy of an object. By default, three + Replica: A copy of an object. By default, three copies are maintained in the cluster. - Zone. A logically separate section of the cluster, + Zone: A logically separate section of the cluster, related to independent failure characteristics. - Region (optional). A logically separate section of + Region (optional): A logically separate section of the cluster, representing distinct physical locations such as cities or countries. Similar to zones but representing physical locations of portions of the @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ additional proxy servers. This document describes each storage node as a separate zone in the ring. At a minimum, five zones are recommended. A zone - is a group of nodes that is as isolated as possible from other + is a group of nodes that are as isolated as possible from other nodes (separate servers, network, power, even geography). The ring guarantees that every replica is stored in a separate zone. This diagram shows one possible configuration for a