On Sat, 2021-01-02 at 20:02 -0700, Chris Murphy wrote: > On Sat, Jan 2, 2021 at 6:27 AM Patrick O'Callaghan > <pocallaghan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Brief recap: I'm currently using BorgBackup, which among other things > > does compression and deduplication. I'm looking at the pros and cons of > > changing to Btrfs for backup (I already use it as my main fs). The > > backup drives are currently ext4 so would need to be converted. > > > > Now read on. > > > > Following Chris Murphy's suggestion, I looked at: > > > > https://fedoramagazine.org/btrfs-snapshots-backup-incremental/ > > > > My question is whether I can use compression and deduplication on the > > backup even if these have not been enabled on the original fs. My > > instinct is to say no, but I could be wrong. > > You can use compression and/or dedup on the backup even if they are > not used on the original file system (whether ext4 or Btrfs). Thanks for the clarification. poc _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
