docs: cleanup backend hashes sections

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albertony 2023-11-18 13:36:46 +01:00 committed by Nick Craig-Wood
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@ -75,10 +75,10 @@ This remote supports `--fast-list` which allows you to use fewer
transactions in exchange for more memory. See the [rclone
docs](/docs/#fast-list) for more details.
### Modified time
### Modification times and hashes
The modified time is stored as metadata on the object with the `mtime`
key. It is stored using RFC3339 Format time with nanosecond
The modification time is stored as metadata on the object with the
`mtime` key. It is stored using RFC3339 Format time with nanosecond
precision. The metadata is supplied during directory listings so
there is no performance overhead to using it.
@ -88,6 +88,10 @@ flag. Note that rclone can't set `LastModified`, so using the
`--update` flag when syncing is recommended if using
`--use-server-modtime`.
MD5 hashes are stored with blobs. However blobs that were uploaded in
chunks only have an MD5 if the source remote was capable of MD5
hashes, e.g. the local disk.
### Performance
When uploading large files, increasing the value of
@ -116,12 +120,6 @@ These only get replaced if they are the last character in the name:
Invalid UTF-8 bytes will also be [replaced](/overview/#invalid-utf8),
as they can't be used in JSON strings.
### Hashes
MD5 hashes are stored with blobs. However blobs that were uploaded in
chunks only have an MD5 if the source remote was capable of MD5
hashes, e.g. the local disk.
### Authentication {#authentication}
There are a number of ways of supplying credentials for Azure Blob