[pbs-devel] [PATCH proxmox-backup 00/23] add removable datastores

[Thomas Lamprecht]

Am 19/09/2023 um 15:37 schrieb Lukas Wagner:
> - I'm not sure if the USB icon is the best choice for a removable data
> store.  it could be a hot plugged SATA disk, iSCSI, etc. - maybe
> change this to something more generic if possible?

Yeah, USB can be confusing; to avoid decision fatigue I'd suggest one
of:

- fa-plug (for plug-able) https://fontawesome.com/v4/icon/plug

- fa-chain-broken (not used anywhere, and it sorta looks like it would
  fit but def. more abstract)
  https://fontawesome.com/v4/icon/chain-broken

> - There is no way to prepare a disk for the use as a removable
> datastore from the UI alone. We can create a GPT partition table and
> create an ext4 partition on it (via 'Directory'), however this creates
> a mount point for the new partition, so it cannot be used any more
> when creating a datastore. Maybe creating the mount point could be
> optional?

While true and definitively wanted in the longer run, I think this might
be out of scope for this series, to avoid blowing the yak-shaving up too
much  ^^