[pve-devel] [PATCH v4 docs 1/2] backup: update information about performance settings

Fiona Ebner f.ebner at proxmox.com
Tue Apr 16 14:09:56 CEST 2024


Signed-off-by: Fiona Ebner <f.ebner at proxmox.com>
---

Changes in v4:
    * Clarify that options can be found in the advanced tab

 vzdump.adoc | 9 +++++----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/vzdump.adoc b/vzdump.adoc
index b5bbac7..fa904cc 100644
--- a/vzdump.adoc
+++ b/vzdump.adoc
@@ -214,10 +214,11 @@ the behaviour for catching up. By enabling the `Repeat missed` option
 (`repeat-missed` in the config), you can tell the scheduler that it should run
 missed jobs as soon as possible.
 
-There are a few settings for tuning backup performance not exposed in the UI.
-The most notable is `bwlimit` for limiting IO bandwidth. The amount of threads
-used for the compressor can be controlled with the `pigz` (replacing `gzip`),
-respectively, `zstd` setting. Furthermore, there are `ionice` and, as part of
+There are a few settings for tuning backup performance (some of which are
+exposed in the 'Advanced' tab in the UI). The most notable is `bwlimit` for
+limiting IO bandwidth. The amount of threads used for the compressor can be
+controlled with the `pigz` (replacing `gzip`), respectively, `zstd` setting.
+Furthermore, there are `ionice` (when the BFQ scheduler is used) and, as part of
 the `performance` setting, `max-workers` (affects VM backups only) and
 `pbs-entries-max` (affects container backups only). See the
 xref:vzdump_configuration[configuration options] for details.
-- 
2.39.2





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