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

[Dominik Csapak <d.csapak@proxmox.com>]

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@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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