Re: [PATCH proxmox-backup 8/9] docs: add explanation regarding ``rebuild-chunk-markers`` option

[Christian Ebner <c.ebner@proxmox.com>]

One comment in-line.

On 10/19/26 6:04 PM, Shan Shaji wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Shan Shaji <s.shaji@proxmox.com>
> ---
>   docs/storage.rst | 7 +++++--
>   1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/docs/storage.rst b/docs/storage.rst
> index 2c6ba0a85..811b5ff44 100644
> --- a/docs/storage.rst
> +++ b/docs/storage.rst
> @@ -312,8 +312,11 @@ To setup a new datastore called ``my-s3-store`` placed in a bucket called ``pbs-
>   A datastore cannot be shared between multiple Proxmox Backup Server instances, only one instance can
>   operate on the datastore at a time. However, datastore contents used on an instance which is no
>   longer available can be reused on a fresh installation. To recreate the datastore, you must pass the
> -``reuse-datastore`` and ``overwrite-in-use`` flags. Since the datastore name is used as prefix, the
> -same datastore name must be used.

comment: this deleted the important requirement that the same datastore 
name must be used.

> +``reuse-datastore`` and ``overwrite-in-use`` flags. The optional ``rebuild-chunk-markers`` flag,
> +disabled by default, creates local zero-byte chunk markers when reusing an S3 datastore. These markers
> +allow Proxmox Backup Server to identify chunks already stored in S3 when they are not present in
> +the in-memory cache, avoiding unnecessary uploads. The time required to create these markers depends
> +on the number of chunks.
>   
>   .. code-block:: console
>