[pbs-devel] [PATCH proxmox-backup 2/2] docs: add table listing possible change detection modes

Christian Ebner c.ebner at proxmox.com
Fri Jun 7 15:12:51 CEST 2024


Quick and concise listing of the available change detection modes for
reference.

Signed-off-by: Christian Ebner <c.ebner at proxmox.com>
---
 docs/backup-client.rst | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/backup-client.rst b/docs/backup-client.rst
index e541c5537..e56e0625b 100644
--- a/docs/backup-client.rst
+++ b/docs/backup-client.rst
@@ -320,6 +320,18 @@ the previous backup snapshot. Since the file might only partially re-use chunks
 to re-use or re-encode the currently cached entries is postponed to when enough
 information is available, comparing the possible padding to a threshold value.
 
+.. _client_change_detection_mode_table:
+
+============ ===================================================================
+Mode         Description
+============ ===================================================================
+``legacy``   (current default): Encode all files into a self contained pxar
+             archive.
+``data``     Encode all files into a split data and metadata pxar archive.
+``metadata`` Encode changed files, reuse unchanged from previous snapshot,
+             creating a split archive.
+============ ===================================================================
+
 The following shows an example for the client invocation with the `metadata`
 mode:
 
-- 
2.39.2





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