All Ceph clusters require at least one monitor, and at least as many OSDs as copies of an object stored on the cluster. Bootstrapping the initial monitor(s) is the first step in deploying a Ceph Storage Cluster. Monitor deployment also sets important criteria for the entire cluster, such as the number of replicas for pools, the number of placement groups per OSD, the heartbeat intervals, whether authentication is required, etc. Most of these values are set by default, so it’s useful to know about them when setting up your cluster for production.
Cited from the introduction to Manual Deployment 
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