From 73c24e04958352ca4eb58a18312a73e6324cd713 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Axel Burri Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2019 12:10:17 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] documentation: btrbk.conf.5: explain stream_buffer_remote --- doc/btrbk.conf.5.asciidoc | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/btrbk.conf.5.asciidoc b/doc/btrbk.conf.5.asciidoc index dc80336..d738327 100644 --- a/doc/btrbk.conf.5.asciidoc +++ b/doc/btrbk.conf.5.asciidoc @@ -315,6 +315,13 @@ additional, multi-threaded process to the command pipe. *stream_buffer_remote* |no:: Add a buffer on remote hosts (either source or target). Defaults to ``no''. ++ +-- +Enable this if you prefer buffering on the remote side, or even on +both sides: reasons for this depend on available memory, disk and cpu +performance (btrfs send/receive, compression), as well as networking +constraints. +-- *rate_limit* |no:: Limit the read rate of the btrfs send stream to '' bytes per