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Re: Limitations of rsnapshot-style backups (Was: Re: lazy old guy asks question)



David Christensen wrote: 
> 
> a.  Set the ZFS backup file system property "dedup".  This will enable
> block-level de-duplication, which can de-duplicate data more than hard links
> alone.

This is generally not a good thing to recommend; one of the
authors of the system wrote a good article which should
definitely be read before turning on dedup:
 
https://despairlabs.com/blog/posts/2024-10-27-openzfs-dedup-is-good-dont-use-it/

-dsr-


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