From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from gate001.proxmox.com (gate001.proxmox.com [45.144.208.40]) by lore.proxmox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7AE081FF138 for ; Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:30:38 +0200 (CEST) Received: from gate001.proxmox.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by gate001.proxmox.com (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 3CEE821488; Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:30:38 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <80bbad66-9f7e-40f1-8a0e-f4b257de1aad@proxmox.com> Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:30:04 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: [PATCH backup] docs: system requirements: document we recommend local storage To: pbs-devel@lists.proxmox.com References: <20260720070818.71625-1-m.sandoval@proxmox.com> Content-Language: en-US From: =?UTF-8?Q?Lauren=C8=9Biu_Leahu-Vl=C4=83ducu?= In-Reply-To: <20260720070818.71625-1-m.sandoval@proxmox.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Bm-Milter-Handled: 55990f41-d878-4baa-be0a-ee34c49e34d2 X-Bm-Transport-Timestamp: 1784536180517 X-SPAM-LEVEL: Spam detection results: 0 DMARC_MISSING 0.1 Missing DMARC policy KAM_DMARC_STATUS 0.01 Test Rule for DKIM or SPF Failure with Strict Alignment (newer systems) RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW -0.7 Sender listed at https://www.dnswl.org/, low trust SPF_HELO_NONE 0.001 SPF: HELO does not publish an SPF Record SPF_PASS -0.001 SPF: sender matches SPF record Message-ID-Hash: WBSSVB5CRDAJNCPPDWBYZWUQFX2RU2OW X-Message-ID-Hash: WBSSVB5CRDAJNCPPDWBYZWUQFX2RU2OW X-MailFrom: l.leahu-vladucu@proxmox.com X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; loop; banned-address; emergency; member-moderation; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.10 Precedence: list List-Id: Proxmox Backup Server development discussion List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: LGTM. This came up in our enterprise support channel more than once, so I'm happy to see a patch for it. Reviewed-by: Laurențiu Leahu-Vlăducu On 20.07.26 09:08, Maximiliano Sandoval wrote: > Signed-off-by: Maximiliano Sandoval > --- > docs/system-requirements.rst | 4 ++-- > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/docs/system-requirements.rst b/docs/system-requirements.rst > index c8ec93f6e..93b7a07bf 100644 > --- a/docs/system-requirements.rst > +++ b/docs/system-requirements.rst > @@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ Recommended Server System Requirements > > * Backup storage: > > - * Prefer fast storage that delivers high IOPS for random IO workloads; use > - only enterprise SSDs for best results. > + * Prefer fast local storage that delivers high IOPS for random IO workloads; > + use only enterprise SSDs for best results. > * If HDDs are used: Using a metadata cache is highly recommended, for example, > add a ZFS :ref:`special device mirror `. >