diff --git a/docs/vmbackup.md b/docs/vmbackup.md index cc1ea6a4ad..e79b750c3f 100644 --- a/docs/vmbackup.md +++ b/docs/vmbackup.md @@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ The backup algorithm is the following: These are usually the biggest and the oldest files, which are shared between backups. 5. Upload the remaining files from step 3 from `-snapshotName` to `-dst`. -The algorithm splits source files into 100 MB chunks in the backup. Each chunk stored as a separate file in the backup. +The algorithm splits source files into 1 GiB chunks in the backup. Each chunk stored as a separate file in the backup. Such splitting minimizes the amounts of data to re-transfer after temporary errors. `vmbackup` relies on [instant snapshot](https://medium.com/@valyala/how-victoriametrics-makes-instant-snapshots-for-multi-terabyte-time-series-data-e1f3fb0e0282) properties: