From 9756a35112672629cd31a00390c8326478b2b7e8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joey Hess Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2014 16:22:29 -0400 Subject: better partsize docs The minimum allowsed size actually refers to the part size! --- doc/special_remotes/S3.mdwn | 16 ++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/special_remotes/S3.mdwn b/doc/special_remotes/S3.mdwn index c7c6f76c5..aac66abeb 100644 --- a/doc/special_remotes/S3.mdwn +++ b/doc/special_remotes/S3.mdwn @@ -21,10 +21,18 @@ the S3 remote. * `chunk` - Enables [[chunking]] when storing large files. `chunk=1MiB` is a good starting point for chunking. -* `partsize` - Specifies the largest object to attempt to store in the - bucket. Multipart uploads will be used when storing larger objects. - This is not enabled by default, but can be enabled or changed at any - time. Setting `partsize=1GiB` is reasonable for S3. +* `partsize` - Amazon S3 only accepts uploads up to a certian file size, + and storing larger files requires a multipart upload process. + + Setting `partsize=1GiB` is recommended for Amazon S3; this will + cause multipart uploads to be done using parts up to 1GiB in size. + Note that setting partsize to less than 100MiB will cause Amazon S3 to + reject uploads. + + This is not enabled by default, since other S3 implementations may + not support multipart uploads or have different limits, + but can be enabled or changed at any time. + time. * `keyid` - Specifies the gpg key to use for [[encryption]]. -- cgit v1.2.3