[pbs-devel] [PATCH proxmox-backup v2 0/7] improve catalog handling

[Dietmar Maurer]

> On 07/22/2021 3:40 PM Dominik Csapak <d.csapak at proxmox.com> wrote:
>  
> this series combines my previous catalog related patch-series[0][1][2]
> 
> changes the catalog interface to be more concise, optimizes catalog
> commit calls during restore, and implements a fast catalog for the
> gui which only contains the snapshot lists
> 
> changes from v1:
> * only write snapshot list in new 'finish' method of the catalog
> * add 'finish' also to pool writer
> * replace pending offset counter with reducing the chunk_archive
>   interface of the catalog

Now, during tape backup, users do not see any progress on the GUI. This 
can be particularly confusing on long running tape backups.

A simpler approach would be to only generate cache files for "finished" tapes (content 
will never change), while using the original catalog for tapes still writable. This should 
be much easier to implement?