# Upgrade Postgres with REALLY limited space

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**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Tags:** server-resources\
**Created:** [August 27, 2021, 5:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upgrade-postgres-with-really-limited-space/201937 "2021-08-27T17:42:10Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 13, 2022, 12:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upgrade-postgres-with-really-limited-space/201937/12 "2022-02-13T12:43:02Z")

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Won’t the backup take up almost as much space as duplicating the data directory does (or even more since it needs to compress as well) ?

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