From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from firstgate.proxmox.com (firstgate.proxmox.com [IPv6:2a01:7e0:0:424::9]) by lore.proxmox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5A27D1FF38E for ; Tue, 11 Jun 2024 11:30:15 +0200 (CEST) Received: from firstgate.proxmox.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by firstgate.proxmox.com (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 36C4E33ECE; Tue, 11 Jun 2024 11:30:50 +0200 (CEST) From: Dominik Csapak To: pbs-devel@lists.proxmox.com Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2024 11:30:46 +0200 Message-Id: <20240611093046.1092265-1-d.csapak@proxmox.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.39.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-SPAM-LEVEL: Spam detection results: 0 AWL 0.021 Adjusted score from AWL reputation of From: address BAYES_00 -1.9 Bayes spam probability is 0 to 1% DMARC_MISSING 0.1 Missing DMARC policy KAM_DMARC_STATUS 0.01 Test Rule for DKIM or SPF Failure with Strict Alignment SPF_HELO_NONE 0.001 SPF: HELO does not publish an SPF Record SPF_PASS -0.001 SPF: sender matches SPF record T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE -0.01 - Subject: [pbs-devel] [PATCH proxmox-backup] docs: add note for not using remote storages 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: , Reply-To: Proxmox Backup Server development discussion Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Errors-To: pbs-devel-bounces@lists.proxmox.com Sender: "pbs-devel" 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 --- 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 `. + * 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 _______________________________________________ pbs-devel mailing list pbs-devel@lists.proxmox.com https://lists.proxmox.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pbs-devel