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mod_storage_xmlarchive: Expand description in README
author Kim Alvefur <zash@zash.se>
date Sun, 06 Jan 2019 10:27:16 +0100
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--- a/mod_storage_xmlarchive/README.markdown	Sun Jan 06 10:26:32 2019 +0100
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 ============
 
 This module implements stanza archives using files, similar to the
-default "internal" storage.
+default "internal" storage. Unlike "internal", it saves messages in two
+files per day (and per user), one containing metadata and one containing
+the actual messages in XML format (hence the name).
+
+Splitting data per day improves performance for larger archives as it
+does not have to look through data from other days.
 
 Configuration
 =============
@@ -87,3 +92,8 @@
 
 Each archive ID is of the form `YYYY-MM-DD-random`, making lookups by
 archive id just as simple as time based queries.
+
+## Limitations
+
+-   Only XML stanzas can be stored.
+-   The deletion method only supports removing entire days at a time.