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@@ -800,9 +800,14 @@ That's all to it.
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Drawbacks
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Drawbacks
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-As data is only appended, and nothing deleted, commands like ``prune`` or ``delete``
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+As data is only appended, and nothing removed, commands like ``prune`` or ``delete``
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won't free disk space, they merely tag data as deleted in a new transaction.
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won't free disk space, they merely tag data as deleted in a new transaction.
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+Be aware that as soon as you write to the repo in non-append-only mode (e.g. prune,
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+delete or create archives from an admin machine), it will remove the deleted objects
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+permanently (including the ones that were already marked as deleted, but not removed,
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+in append-only mode).
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Note that you can go back-and-forth between normal and append-only operation by editing
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Note that you can go back-and-forth between normal and append-only operation by editing
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the configuration file, it's not a "one way trip".
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the configuration file, it's not a "one way trip".
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