From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from firstgate.proxmox.com (firstgate.proxmox.com [212.224.123.68]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.proxmox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id ABE06603E5 for ; Wed, 14 Oct 2020 16:19:28 +0200 (CEST) Received: from firstgate.proxmox.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by firstgate.proxmox.com (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 96AE0AD6F for ; Wed, 14 Oct 2020 16:19:28 +0200 (CEST) Received: from proxmox-new.maurer-it.com (proxmox-new.maurer-it.com [212.186.127.180]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by firstgate.proxmox.com (Proxmox) with ESMTPS id 63379AD5D for ; Wed, 14 Oct 2020 16:19:27 +0200 (CEST) Received: from proxmox-new.maurer-it.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by proxmox-new.maurer-it.com (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 28CA145D58 for ; Wed, 14 Oct 2020 16:19:27 +0200 (CEST) From: Dylan Whyte To: pbs-devel@lists.proxmox.com Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2020 16:19:13 +0200 Message-Id: <20201014141914.1902-1-d.whyte@proxmox.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.20.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-SPAM-LEVEL: Spam detection results: 0 AWL 0.023 Adjusted score from AWL reputation of From: address KAM_DMARC_STATUS 0.01 Test Rule for DKIM or SPF Failure with Strict Alignment RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED -2.3 Sender listed at https://www.dnswl.org/, medium trust SPF_HELO_NONE 0.001 SPF: HELO does not publish an SPF Record SPF_PASS -0.001 SPF: sender matches SPF record Subject: [pbs-devel] [PATCH docs 1/2] introduction: history: minor rewording and fixup X-BeenThere: pbs-devel@lists.proxmox.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Proxmox Backup Server development discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2020 14:19:28 -0000 Some minor spelling and grammar fixes. Rewording of some sentences. Signed-off-by: Dylan Whyte --- docs/introduction.rst | 35 +++++++++++++++++------------------ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/introduction.rst b/docs/introduction.rst index bf42f2ad..e28331a3 100644 --- a/docs/introduction.rst +++ b/docs/introduction.rst @@ -179,29 +179,28 @@ along with this program. If not, see AGPL3_. History ------- -Backup is, and always was, as central aspect of IT administration. -The need to recover from data loss is fundamental and increases with +Backup is, and always has been, a central aspect of IT administration. +The need to recover from data loss is fundamental and only increases with virtualization. -Not surprisingly, we shipped a backup tool with Proxmox VE from the -beginning. The tool is called ``vzdump`` and is able to make +For this reason, we've been shipping a backup tool with Proxmox VE, from the +beginning. This tool is called ``vzdump`` and is able to make consistent snapshots of running LXC containers and KVM virtual machines. -But ``vzdump`` only allowed for full backups. While this is perfect +However, ``vzdump`` only allows for full backups. While this is fine for small backups, it becomes a burden for users with large VMs. Both -backup time and space usage was too large for this case, specially -when Users want to keep many backups of the same VMs. We need -deduplication and incremental backups to solve those problems. +backup duration and storage usage are too high for this case, especially +for users who want to keep many backups of the same VMs. To solve these +problems, we needed to offer deduplication and incremental backups. -Back in October 2018 development started. We had been looking into +Back in October 2018, development started. We investigated several technologies and frameworks and finally decided to use -:term:`Rust` as implementation language to provide high speed and -memory efficiency. The 2018-edition of Rust seemed to be promising and -useful for our requirements. - -In July 2020 we released the first beta version of Proxmox Backup -Server, followed by a first stable version in November 2020. With the -support of incremental, fully deduplicated backups, Proxmox Backup -significantly reduces the network load and saves valuable storage -space. +:term:`Rust` as the implementation language, in order to provide high speed and +memory efficiency. The 2018-edition of Rust seemed promising for our +requirements. + +In July 2020, we released the first beta version of Proxmox Backup +Server, followed by the first stable version in November 2020. With support for +incremental, fully deduplicated backups, Proxmox Backup significantly reduces +network load and saves valuable storage space. -- 2.20.1