From 8834153187a75ef61f204b1b56bed5015cee9780 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christian Ebner Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2024 15:12:51 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] docs: add table listing possible change detection modes Quick and concise listing of the available change detection modes for reference. Signed-off-by: Christian Ebner --- 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: