Bug 1583257

Summary:	[RFE] Save space by compressing data on the fly
Product:	Red Hat Satellite	Reporter:	Martin Bacovsky <mbacovsk>
Component:	Satellite Maintain	Assignee:	Anurag Patel <apatel>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:	Nikhil Kathole <nkathole>
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Version:	6.4	CC:	apatel, inecas, kgaikwad, molasaga, spetrosi
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Description Martin Bacovsky 2018-05-28 15:12:37 UTC

Description of problem:

Currently the data are compressed at the end the backup process when all the services are up. This is to make the backup maint. window as short as possible. Consequence of this is we have at some point complete backup uncompressed in the backup dir which takes large amount of disk space. The necessary space could be reduced if we compress the data on the fly. This could be driven by optional parameter.


Additional info:

Prior implementation we should obtain some sample numbers on how much time we spend on compression and how much space we gain by compressing on the fly. That should reveal if this change makes sense and what should be the default behavior.

Comment 2 Bryan Kearney 2019-11-04 14:02:40 UTC

Thank you for your interest in Satellite 6. We have evaluated this request, and while we recognize that it is a valid request, we do not expect this to be implemented in the product in the foreseeable future. This is due to other priorities for the product, and not a reflection on the request itself. We are therefore closing this out as WONTFIX. If you have any concerns about this, please do not reopen. Instead, feel free to contact Red Hat Technical Support. Thank you.