The command line client is called :command:`proxmox-backup-client`.
+.. _client_repository:
Repository Locations
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The backup client also comes with a benchmarking tool. This tool measures
-various metrics relating to compression and encryption speeds. You can run a
-benchmark using the ``benchmark`` subcommand of ``proxmox-backup-client``:
+various metrics relating to compression and encryption speeds. If a Proxmox
+Backup repository (remote or local) is specified, the TLS upload speed will get
+measured too.
+
+You can run a benchmark using the ``benchmark`` subcommand of
+``proxmox-backup-client``:
+
+.. note:: The TLS speed test is only included if a :ref:`backup server
+ repository is specified <client_repository>`.
.. code-block:: console
.. note:: The percentages given in the output table correspond to a
- comparison against a Ryzen 7 2700X. The TLS test connects to the
- local host, so there is no network involved.
+ comparison against a Ryzen 7 2700X.
You can also pass the ``--output-format`` parameter to output stats in ``json``,
rather than the default table format.