:pve-toplevel:
endif::manvolnum[]
-Backups are a requirements for any sensible IT deployment, and {pve}
+Backups are a requirement for any sensible IT deployment, and {pve}
provides a fully integrated solution, using the capabilities of each
storage and each guest system type. This allows the system
administrator to fine tune via the `mode` option between consistency
additional space to hold the container copy.
+
When the container is on a local file system and the target storage of
-the backup is an NFS server, you should set `--tmpdir` to reside on a
+the backup is an NFS/CIFS server, you should set `--tmpdir` to reside on a
local file system too, as this will result in a many fold performance
improvement. Use of a local `tmpdir` is also required if you want to
backup a local container using ACLs in suspend mode if the backup