fix(server): database backups compatible with deduplication (immich-a…

…pp#13965) gzip --rsyncable has a slightly worse compression ratio, but allows for efficient deduplication and, as the name implies, faster rsync operations. Signed-off-by: Sefa Eyeoglu <[email protected]>
bdavis2-PCTY · Nov 18, 2024 · 707f16b · 707f16b
1 parent 505f733
commit 707f16b
Showing 1 changed file with 2 additions and 1 deletion.
diff --git a/server/src/services/backup.service.ts b/server/src/services/backup.service.ts
@@ -97,7 +97,8 @@ export class BackupService extends BaseService {
           env: { PATH: process.env.PATH, PGPASSWORD: isUrlConnection ? undefined : config.password },
         });
 
-        const gzip = this.processRepository.spawn(`gzip`, []);
+        // NOTE: `--rsyncable` is only supported in GNU gzip
+        const gzip = this.processRepository.spawn(`gzip`, ['--rsyncable']);
         pgdump.stdout.pipe(gzip.stdin);
 
         const fileStream = this.storageRepository.createWriteStream(backupFilePath);