# Add option to disable backup compression **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature\ **Created:** [December 30, 2015, 10:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-option-to-disable-backup-compression/37288 "2015-12-30T22:43:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 25
**Author:** ![ljpp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ljpp/32/96506_2.png) [@ljpp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ljpp)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2020, 10:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-option-to-disable-backup-compression/37288/25 "2020-12-04T10:40:00Z")
What are the current gzip options used for the compression of the backups? Unlike in the topic, I was interested in saving space by using a more efficient method of compression. I made some quick and dirty tests vs. our SQL dump with different gzip levels and also brotli. ```plaintext 2630702226 level1.sql.gz 2276305530 level1.sql.br 2216602536 level5.sql.gz 2147212204 level9.sql.gz 2036157791 level2.br 1851831279 level4.br ``` As we can see, Brotli level 4 destroys Gzip level 5 in terms of efficiency, while the compression time was in the same ball park. Brotli level 1 result was not bad considering it was lightning fast tool. Anyway, I find gains of 10% or more quite interesting. --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-option-to-disable-backup-compression/37288)._