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Merge pull request #3366 from ThomasWaldmann/create-tuning-options

docs: point out tuning options for borg create, fixes #3239
TW 7 years ago
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           it had before a content change happened. This can be used maliciously as well as
           well-meant, but in both cases mtime based cache modes can be problematic.
 
+        By default, borg tries to archive all metadata that it supports archiving.
+        If that is not what you want or need, there are some tuning options:
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+        - --nobsdflags (getting bsdflags has a speed penalty under Linux)
+        - --noatime (if atime changes frequently, the metadata stream will dedup badly)
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         The mount points of filesystems or filesystem snapshots should be the same for every
         creation of a new archive to ensure fast operation. This is because the file cache that
         is used to determine changed files quickly uses absolute filenames.