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2 labels:
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3 - 'Stage-Beta'
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4 - 'Type-Storage'
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5 - ArchiveStorage
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6 summary: XML file based archive storage
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9 Introduction
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10 ============
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12 This module implements stanza archives using files, similar to the
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17 Splitting data per day improves performance for larger archives as it
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20 Configuration
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21 =============
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25 ``` lua
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26 storage = {
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27 archive = "xmlarchive"
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28 }
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29 ```
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31 To use it with [mod\_mam\_muc] or [mod\_http\_muc\_log]:
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33 ``` lua
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35 muc_log = "xmlarchive"
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36 }
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37 ```
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39 Refer to [Prosodys data storage documentation][doc:storage] for more
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40 information.
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42 Note that this module does not implement the "keyval" storage method and
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45 Compatibility
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46 =============
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50 0.11 Works
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82 Data structure
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83 ==============
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85 Data is split in three kinds of files and messages are grouped by day.
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106 ## Limitations
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109 - The deletion method only supports removing entire days at a time.