[pbs-devel] applied: [PATCH proxmox-backup] docs: add note for not using remote storages

[Dietmar Maurer]

> On 11.6.2024 11:30 CEST Dominik Csapak <d.csapak at proxmox.com> wrote:
> 
>  
> such as NFS or SMB. They will not provide the expected performance
> and it's better to recommend against them.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dominik Csapak <d.csapak at proxmox.com>
> ---
> if we want to discourage users even more, we could also detect it on
> datastore creation and put a warning into the task log
> 
> also if we ever come around to implementing the 'health' page thomas
> wished for, we can put a warning/error there too
> 
>  docs/system-requirements.rst | 3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/docs/system-requirements.rst b/docs/system-requirements.rst
> index fb920865..17756b7b 100644
> --- a/docs/system-requirements.rst
> +++ b/docs/system-requirements.rst
> @@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ Recommended Server System Requirements
>    * Use only SSDs, for best results
>    * If HDDs are used: Using a metadata cache is highly recommended, for example,
>      add a ZFS :ref:`special device mirror <local_zfs_special_device>`.
> +  * While it's technically possible to use remote storages such as NFS or SMB,
> +    the additional latency and overhead drastically reduces performance and it's
> +    not recommended to use such a setup.
>  
>  * Redundant Multi-GBit/s network interface cards (NICs)
>  
> -- 
> 2.39.2
> 
> 
> 
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