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Terminology

TermDescription
backmon hostThe host on which the backmon binary is running.
storage providerSome API or endpoint which provides file access for disks.
diskA disk contains multiple backup file and is provided by a specific storage provider.
bucketbucket means an S3-compatible bucket. One bucket can provide any number of disks.
dotstat or .statTo easily collect meta data about backup files, you can provide a .stat file for each of your backup files. It is a simple YAML file in which you can store meta data like time of file creation, time of last modification and the archive date.
backup definitionAt the root of each disk there must be a backup_definitions.yaml which specifices how backups are stored in it.
timestamp typebackmon uses four different types of timestamps for files. Each of those timestamps is internally available.