[PVE-User] lzo files conundrum

[Mark Adams]

Is the data inside the VM's different? maybe the data on the bigger one is
not as compressible?

On Wed, 11 Mar 2020, 08:07 Renato Gallo via pve-user, <
pve-user at pve.proxmox.com> wrote:

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> Hello,
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> Might be I was not clear, I apologize.
> it's not that I want both backups to be equal.
> Both machines are set up as scsi and have equal storage configuration.
> Both machines sit on the same proxmox server.
> I would like to know why the backups gigas are so different one from
> another.
>
> Renato Gallo
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> From: "Alwin Antreich" <a.antreich at proxmox.com>
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> Hello Renato,
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> On Wed, Mar 11, 2020 at 07:35:21AM +0100, Renato Gallo via pve-user wrote:
> > Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2020 07:35:21 +0100 (CET)
> > From: Renato Gallo <renato at aster-lab.com>
> > To: pve-user at pve.proxmox.com
> > Cc: g noto <g.noto at way-interactive.com>
> > Subject: lzo files conundrum
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> > Hello,
> >
> > we have two machines same system 100 Gb of virtual disk both have the
> disks on a zfspool.
> > from the df -h point of view the disks use is quite similar.
> > we backup those machine regularly during the weekend using the scheduled
> backup of proxmox from the datastore menu.
> > we cannot understand why one machine have a .lzo file of 9.something
> gigas and the other has a backup .lzo file of around 40 gigas.
> > can you explain this to us ?
> Possibly thin-provisioning.
>
> In the storage definition the _Thin provision_ needs to be set, to
> create thin-provisioned zVOLs from the start. And OFC, you will need to
> have the VM disks setup with SCSI and discard on to run a TRIM inside
> the VM.
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Alwin
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