@@ -188,32 +188,31 @@ documented in `ipfs config profile --help`.
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- ` flatfs `
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- Configures the node to use the flatfs datastore ( the default) .
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+ Configures the node to use the flatfs datastore. Flatfs is the default datastore .
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This is the most battle-tested and reliable datastore.
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You should use this datastore if:
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- - You need a very simple and very reliable datastore and you trust your
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+ - You need a very simple and very reliable datastore, and you trust your
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filesystem. This datastore stores each block as a separate file in the
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underlying filesystem so it's unlikely to lose data unless there's an issue
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with the underlying file system.
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- You need to run garbage collection in a way that reclaims free space as soon as possible.
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- You want to minimize memory usage.
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- - You are ok with the default speed of data import ( or prefer to use ` --nocopy ` ) .
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+ - You are ok with the default speed of data import, or prefer to use ` --nocopy ` .
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This profile may only be applied when first initializing the node.
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- ` badgerds `
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- Configures the node to use the experimental badger datastore (warning: uses an outdated badger 1.x) .
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+ Configures the node to use the experimental badger datastore. Keep in mind that this ** uses an outdated badger 1.x** .
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Use this datastore if some aspects of performance,
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especially the speed of adding many gigabytes of files, are critical. However, be aware that:
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- This datastore will not properly reclaim space when your datastore is
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- smaller than several gigabytes. If you run IPFS with ` --enable-gc ` (you have
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- enabled block-level garbage collection), you plan on storing very little data in
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+ smaller than several gigabytes. If you run IPFS with ` --enable-gc ` , you plan on storing very little data in
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your IPFS node, and disk usage is more critical than performance, consider using
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` flatfs ` .
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- This datastore uses up to several gigabytes of memory.
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