From 888f52afd1c2f1faedc55e1e898e62aab26a137f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Johannes Ernst Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2018 21:20:08 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Added documentation about what happens if you run out of space during a backup, based on conversation on the forum: https://forum.restic.net/t/limited-backup-destination-space/733/6 --- doc/040_backup.rst | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/040_backup.rst b/doc/040_backup.rst index 346d01a6e..961ab6c58 100644 --- a/doc/040_backup.rst +++ b/doc/040_backup.rst @@ -299,3 +299,17 @@ information. Just specify the tags for a snapshot one by one with ``--tag``: The tags can later be used to keep (or forget) snapshots with the ``forget`` command. The command ``tag`` can be used to modify tags on an existing snapshot. + +Space requirements +****************** + +Restic currently assumes that your backup repository has sufficient space +for the backup operation you are about to perform. This is a realistic +assumption for many cloud providers, but may not be true when backing up +to local disks. + +Should you run out of space during the middle of a backup, there will be +some additional data in the repository, but the snapshop will never be +created as it only would be written at the very (successful) end of +the backup operation. Previous snapshots will still be there and will still +work.