# 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:** ![Ed\_S](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ed_s/32/134015_2.png) [@Ed\_S](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ed_S)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2024, 7:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reduce-local-disk-space-needs-by-not-redundantly-gzipping-backups/245763/8 "2024-08-30T19:00:39Z")

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(I’m guessing that you’d save CPU time that way, but not space, because the gzipped tar file would still be created.)

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