From: Dietmar Maurer <dietmar@proxmox.com>
To: Jonathan Nicklin <jnicklin@blockbridge.com>
Cc: Proxmox VE development discussion <pve-devel@lists.proxmox.com>
Subject: Re: [pve-devel] [RFC qemu/storage/qemu-server/container/manager 00/23] backup provider API
Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2024 16:58:38 +0200 (CEST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1007402234.7276.1722178718125@webmail.proxmox.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1C86CC96-2C9C-466A-A2A9-FC95906C098E@blockbridge.com>
> In hyper-converged deployments, the node performing the backup is sourcing ((nodes-1)/(nodes))*bytes) of backup data (i.e., ingress traffic) and then sending 1*bytes to PBS (i.e., egress traffic). If PBS were to pull the data from the nodes directly, the maximum load on any one host would be (1/nodes)*bytes of egress traffic only... that's a considerable improvement!
I guess it would be possible to write a tool like proxmox-backup-client that pull ceph backups directly from PBS. Or extend the backup protokoll allowing direct storage access. But this is a considerable amount of development, and needs much more configuration/setup than the current approach. But patches are always welcome...
Also, it is not clear to me how we can implement a "backup provider API" if we add such optimizations?
And yes, network traffic would be reduced. But IMHO it is easier to add a dedicated network card for the backup server (if the network is the limiting factor). With this setup, the maximum load on the ceph network is (1/nodes)*bytess of egress traffic only. The backup traffic is on the dedicated backup net.
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