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+=================
+ Welcome to Ceph
+=================
+
+Ceph uniquely delivers **object, block, and file storage in one unified
+system**.
+
+.. warning:: 
+
+   :ref:`If this is your first time using Ceph, read the "Basic Workflow" 
+   page in the Ceph Developer Guide to learn how to contribute to the 
+   Ceph project. (Click anywhere in this paragraph to read the "Basic 
+   Workflow" page of the Ceph Developer Guide.) <basic workflow dev guide>`.
+
+.. raw:: html
+
+      <style type="text/css">div.body h3{margin:5px 0px 0px 0px;}</style>
+      <table cellpadding="10"><colgroup><col width="33%"><col width="33%">
+      <col width="33%"></colgroup><tbody valign="top"><tr><td><h3>Ceph Object Store</h3>
+
+- RESTful Interface
+- S3- and Swift-compliant APIs
+- S3-style subdomains
+- Unified S3/Swift namespace
+- User management
+- Usage tracking
+- Striped objects
+- Cloud solution integration
+- Multi-site deployment
+- Multi-site replication
+
+.. raw:: html
+
+	</td><td><h3>Ceph Block Device</h3>
+
+
+- Thin-provisioned
+- Images up to 16 exabytes
+- Configurable striping
+- In-memory caching
+- Snapshots
+- Copy-on-write cloning
+- Kernel driver support
+- KVM/libvirt support
+- Back-end for cloud solutions
+- Incremental backup
+- Disaster recovery (multisite asynchronous replication)
+
+.. raw:: html
+
+	</td><td><h3>Ceph File System</h3>
+
+- POSIX-compliant semantics
+- Separates metadata from data
+- Dynamic rebalancing
+- Subdirectory snapshots
+- Configurable striping
+- Kernel driver support
+- FUSE support
+- NFS/CIFS deployable
+- Use with Hadoop (replace HDFS)
+
+.. raw:: html
+
+	</td></tr><tr><td>
+
+See `Ceph Object Store`_ for additional details.
+
+.. raw:: html
+
+	</td><td>
+
+See `Ceph Block Device`_ for additional details.
+
+.. raw:: html
+
+	</td><td>
+
+See `Ceph File System`_ for additional details.
+
+.. raw::	html
+
+	</td></tr></tbody></table>
+
+Ceph is highly reliable, easy to manage, and free. The power of Ceph
+can transform your company's IT infrastructure and your ability to manage vast
+amounts of data. To try Ceph, see our `Getting Started`_ guides. To learn more
+about Ceph, see our `Architecture`_ section.
+
+
+
+.. _Ceph Object Store: radosgw
+.. _Ceph Block Device: rbd
+.. _Ceph File System: cephfs
+.. _Getting Started: install
+.. _Architecture: architecture
+
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 3
+   :hidden:
+
+   start/intro
+   install/index
+   cephadm/index
+   rados/index
+   cephfs/index
+   rbd/index
+   radosgw/index
+   mgr/index
+   mgr/dashboard
+   api/index
+   architecture
+   Developer Guide <dev/developer_guide/index>
+   dev/internals
+   governance
+   foundation
+   ceph-volume/index
+   Ceph Releases (general) <https://docs.ceph.com/en/latest/releases/general/>
+   Ceph Releases (index) <https://docs.ceph.com/en/latest/releases/>
+   security/index
+   Glossary <glossary>