[Borgbackup] borgbackup, ZFS, and compression

[Sascha Ternes]

Hi Tamas,

in ZFS I always enable compression for better performance of the file
system.

In BorgBackup I would enable compression always, too - for the same
reason. If you create your backups from regular directories and files,
ZFS decompresses them transparently, then Borg puts them in the archive,
so you will always want to enable compression. Always use lz4 for
highest compression speed.

Sascha


Am 15.03.20 um 15:50 schrieb Tamas Papp:
> I am transitioning my home backup server to use ZFS, which features
> transparent file-system level compression. Borgbackup archives will be
> on a dedicated volume.
> 
> I am what the best approach is regarding compression:
> 
> 1. enable for borgbackup, disable for ZFS (little point in trying to
> compress it further I guess)
> 
> 2. disable for borgbackup, enable for ZFS (will this be suboptimal? I
> think that borg knows its data structure the best so maybe that will
> optimal for compression),
> 
> 3. something else?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Tamas