From: Fiona Ebner <f.ebner@proxmox.com>
To: pve-devel@lists.proxmox.com
Subject: [pve-devel] [PATCH v4 docs 1/2] backup: update information about performance settings
Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2024 14:09:56 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20240416120957.75269-7-f.ebner@proxmox.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20240416120957.75269-1-f.ebner@proxmox.com>
Signed-off-by: Fiona Ebner <f.ebner@proxmox.com>
---
Changes in v4:
* Clarify that options can be found in the advanced tab
vzdump.adoc | 9 +++++----
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/vzdump.adoc b/vzdump.adoc
index b5bbac7..fa904cc 100644
--- a/vzdump.adoc
+++ b/vzdump.adoc
@@ -214,10 +214,11 @@ the behaviour for catching up. By enabling the `Repeat missed` option
(`repeat-missed` in the config), you can tell the scheduler that it should run
missed jobs as soon as possible.
-There are a few settings for tuning backup performance not exposed in the UI.
-The most notable is `bwlimit` for limiting IO bandwidth. The amount of threads
-used for the compressor can be controlled with the `pigz` (replacing `gzip`),
-respectively, `zstd` setting. Furthermore, there are `ionice` and, as part of
+There are a few settings for tuning backup performance (some of which are
+exposed in the 'Advanced' tab in the UI). The most notable is `bwlimit` for
+limiting IO bandwidth. The amount of threads used for the compressor can be
+controlled with the `pigz` (replacing `gzip`), respectively, `zstd` setting.
+Furthermore, there are `ionice` (when the BFQ scheduler is used) and, as part of
the `performance` setting, `max-workers` (affects VM backups only) and
`pbs-entries-max` (affects container backups only). See the
xref:vzdump_configuration[configuration options] for details.
--
2.39.2
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-04-16 12:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-04-16 12:09 [pve-devel] [PATCH-SERIES v4 manager/docs] close #4513: add advanced tab for backup jobs and improve performance fallback/default Fiona Ebner
2024-04-16 12:09 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH v4 manager 1/5] vzdump: actually honor schema defaults for performance Fiona Ebner
2024-04-16 12:09 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH v4 manager 2/5] vzdump: use per-property fallback for performance settings Fiona Ebner
2024-04-16 12:09 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH v4 manager 3/5] close #4513: ui: backup job: add tab for advanced options Fiona Ebner
2024-04-16 12:09 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH v4 manager 4/5] ui: backup job: disable zstd thread count field when zstd isn't used Fiona Ebner
2024-04-16 12:09 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH v4 manager 5/5] ui: backup job: move repeat-missed option to advanced tab Fiona Ebner
2024-04-16 12:09 ` Fiona Ebner [this message]
2024-04-16 12:09 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH v4 docs 2/2] backup: clarify where repeat-missed option can be found now Fiona Ebner
2024-04-17 14:06 ` [pve-devel] applied-series: [PATCH-SERIES v4 manager/docs] close #4513: add advanced tab for backup jobs and improve performance fallback/default Thomas Lamprecht
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