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VA for AIX compression
When compression in enabled for the AIX agent, does it just blindly compress everything or is is smart enough to not compress already compressed file types such as .zip and .gz? I've generally found that compressing already compressed files make the resulting files larger.
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Re: VA for AIX compression
Hello,
I just tested it with a pptx file which is a zip file in the end. The pictures below do not confirm your thesis
to answer your question: the Veeam Agent (no matter which one) compresses everything.
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do you maybe have an example for that? Or do you see that your Veeam backups are larger than your source?I've generally found that compressing already compressed files make the resulting files larger.
I just tested it with a pptx file which is a zip file in the end. The pictures below do not confirm your thesis
to answer your question: the Veeam Agent (no matter which one) compresses everything.
Best regards,
Hannes
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Re: VA for AIX compression
Hi,
All Veeam Agents compress backup file blocks, not the files that you back up.
Thanks!
All Veeam Agents compress backup file blocks, not the files that you back up.
Thanks!
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Re: VA for AIX compression
Thanks for clarifying that. I tried running the same full backup job both with and without compression turned on against a large filesystem containing compressed files. The runtime was marginally faster without compression and size of the resulting backups were almost exactly the same.
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