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FAQ: How does Carbonite Safe Server Backup use compression?

Summary:

How does Carbonite Safe Server Backup use compression?

Solution:

Compression makes the backups smaller. A small backup can be uploaded to the cloud much faster than a large one. This can help save network bandwidth and reduce the storage space required for backups.

Compression is ON by default, but it can be turned OFF.

Carbonite Safe Server Backup cannot accurately predict how much any given backup set will compress. Some data, such as text documents and databases, will compress very well. Other data, like most multimedia files, does not compress well.

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