[pbs-devel] [RFC v2 proxmox-backup] create prune simulator

[Thomas Lamprecht]

On 28.10.20 14:12, Fabian Ebner wrote:
> A stand-alone ExtJS app that allows experimenting with
> different backup schedules and prune parameters.
> 
> For performance reasons, the week table does not use
> subcomponents, but raw HTML.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Fabian Ebner <f.ebner at proxmox.com>
> ---
> 
> Changes from v1:
>     * add list view of backups as we have in PBS
>     * make it possible to toggle the calendar and hide it by default
>     * make it possible to toggle the colors and turn them off by default
>     * fix backup sorting and uniqueness when there is more than one start time
>     * add a button for applying a new schedule instead of doing so continuosly
>     * make it more obvious that one can input a custom schedule
>     * error out on invalid schedule inputs
>     * make the number of weeks configurable
>     * show which rule keeps a specific backup
>     * keep all if all options are zero
>     * minor style improvements
> 

I find it pretty nice now, great job!


I'd only reorder it a bit, make it a full-page application and add some prune/schedule
documentation - we could maybe just pull that 1:1 from the docs html output or
something, it hasn't to be extra long just a short widget explanation and some other
info which would assist users to understand the concepts and plan their schedule
interactively.

I.e., something like the following layout:

+--------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+
|                                                  |                          |
|  Simulated                                       |                          |
|  Backup Schedule                                 |       Documentation      |
|                                                  |                          |
+-------------------------+------------------------+  * What this widget is   |
|                         |                        |                          |
|  Prune keep settings    |   Prune "keep" view    |  * prune params explained|
|                         |                        |                          |
|                         |                        |  * ...                   |
|                         |                        |                          |
|                         |                        |                          |
+-------------------------+------------------------+                          |
|                                                  |                          |
|                                                  |                          |
|                                                  |                          |
|                                                  |                          |
|                                                  |                          |
|                                                  |                          |
|                                                  |                          |
|                     Calendar                     |                          |
|                                                  |                          |
|                                                  |                          |
|                                                  |                          |
|                                                  |                          |
|                                                  |                          |
|                                                  |                          |
|                                                  |                          |
|                                                  |                          |
+--------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+


But in any way, I like it a lot more than v1, and that wasn't bad either :)