There is a large (3tb) file storage of mixed content on a non-virtual host (text files, archives, videos, etc.). From the documentation it is clear that I can backup as a .pxar or completely as an .img device (after starting it in the console it says that .img.fidx is being created) But from the description of the formats it is not obvious what are the advantages and disadvantages of each of the methods.
*.pxar vs *.fidx
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hi,
hope this helps
[0]: https://pbs.proxmox.com/docs/file-formats.html
[1]: https://pbs.proxmox.com/docs/technical-overview.html
.pxar files are the compressed archive files containing the indexes, whereas .fidx and .didx are just index files. you can find more detailed information here [0] [1]. but in essence fixed index are used with blockdevice based backups (e.g. VM disk), and dynamic index works better with file-based backups (e.g. from a host)hope this helps
[0]: https://pbs.proxmox.com/docs/file-formats.html
[1]: https://pbs.proxmox.com/docs/technical-overview.html