[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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