# 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:** ![david](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/david/32/157490_2.png) [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2026, 10:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reduce-local-disk-space-needs-by-not-redundantly-gzipping-backups/245763/35 "2026-11-11T10:55:09Z")

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This has been merged for some time, and seems to be working well. If anyone runs into any problems, please feel free to open a fresh topic.

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