# Reduce local disk space needs by not (redundantly) gzipping backups

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/reduce-local-disk-space-needs-by-not-redundantly-gzipping-backups/245763>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Tags:** backups\
**Created:** [November 16, 2022, 12:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reduce-local-disk-space-needs-by-not-redundantly-gzipping-backups/245763 "2022-11-16T12:38:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![adamengst](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/adamengst/32/116607_2.png) [@adamengst](https://meta.discourse.org/u/adamengst)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2026, 7:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reduce-local-disk-space-needs-by-not-redundantly-gzipping-backups/245763/25 "2026-09-30T19:40:35Z")

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Add me to the list of people who would appreciate this, since the doubled backup size causes backups to fail every so often for me, forcing a manual cleanup just to keep backups running.

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