From 6253aa50a36010954779fdaf4149365f60339c50 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dietmar Maurer Date: Sat, 2 Mar 2019 18:08:00 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] docs: add "What is Proxmox Backup" --- docs/introduction.rst | 61 ++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------- 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/introduction.rst b/docs/introduction.rst index 154f8c72..a8a2469b 100644 --- a/docs/introduction.rst +++ b/docs/introduction.rst @@ -3,7 +3,40 @@ Introduction This documentationm is written in :term:`reStructuredText` and formatted with :term:`Sphinx`. -this is a test +What is Proxmox Backup +---------------------- + +Proxmox Backup is an enterprise class client-server backup software, +specially optimized for `Proxmox Virtual Environment`_ to backup +:term:`virtual machine`\ s and :term:`container`\ s. + + +Main features +------------- + +:Proxmox VE: The `Proxmox Virtual Environment`_ is fully + supported. You can backup :term:`virtual machine`\ s and + :term:`container`\ s. + +:GUI: We provide a graphical, web based user interface. + +:Deduplication: Inkremental backup produces large amounts of duplicate + data. The deduplication layer removes that redundancy and makes + inkremental backup small and space efficient. + +:Data Integrity: The built in `SHA-256`_ checksum algorithm assures the + accuray and consistency of your backups. + +:Remote Sync: It is possible to efficently synchronize data to remote + sites. Only deltas containing new data are transfered. + +:Performance: The whole software stack is written in :term:`Rust`, + which provides high speed and memory efficiency. + +:Open Source: No secrets. You have access to the whole source tree. + +:Compression: Ultra fast `LZ4`_ compression is able to compress + several gigabytes of data per second. Why Backup? ----------- @@ -31,32 +64,6 @@ required by law. -Features --------- - -:Proxmox VE: The `Proxmox Virtual Environment`_ is fully - supported. You can backup :term:`virtual machine`\ s and - :term:`container`\ s. - -:GUI: We provide a graphical, web based user interface. - -:Deduplication: Inkremental backup produces large amounts of duplicate - data. The deduplication layer removes that redundancy and makes - inkremental backup small and space efficient. - -:Data Integrity: The built in `SHA-256`_ checksum algorithm assures the - accuray and consistency of your backups. - -:Remote Sync: It is possible to efficently synchronize data to remote - sites. Only deltas containing new data are transfered. - -:Performance: The whole software stack is written in :term:`Rust`, - which provides high speed and memory efficiency. - -:Open Source: No secrets. You have access to the whole source tree. - -:Compression: Ultra fast `LZ4`_ compression is able to compress - several gigabytes of data per second. History -------