From 6a1cb69171c772305c1a84306b30d11abe11072d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dietmar Maurer Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2019 11:43:14 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] docs: improve introduction.rst --- docs/introduction.rst | 16 +++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/introduction.rst b/docs/introduction.rst index b6602844..20a8c2ca 100644 --- a/docs/introduction.rst +++ b/docs/introduction.rst @@ -3,12 +3,22 @@ Introduction This documentationm is written in :term:`reStructuredText` and formatted with :term:`Sphinx`. + 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. +:term:`virtual machine`\ s and :term:`container`\ s. It is also +possible to backup physical hosts. + +It supports deduplication, compression and authenticated encryption +(AE_). Using RUST_ as implementation language guarantees high +performance, low resource usage, and a safe, high quality code base. + +Encryption is done at the client side. This makes backups to not fully +trusted targets possible. + Architecture ------------ @@ -16,7 +26,7 @@ Architecture Proxmox Backup uses a `Client-server model`_. The server is responsible to store the backup data, and provides an API to create backups and restore data. It is also possible to manage disks and -other resources using this API. +other server side resources using this API. A backup client uses this API to access the backed up data, i.e. ``proxmox-backup-client`` is a command line tool to create @@ -33,7 +43,7 @@ Main features :GUI: We provide a graphical, web based user interface. -:Deduplication: Inkremental backup produces large amounts of duplicate +:Deduplication: Incremental backup produces large amounts of duplicate data. The deduplication layer removes that redundancy and makes inkremental backup small and space efficient.