Does ODrive backup leverage block-level deduplication? If it does not use block-level deduplication (like kopia) I am concerned about the amount of storage required to retain multiple versions of files and also deleted files.
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Hi @mark.ericson,
The backup functionality does not function at the block-level. You are correct that this can result in more storage use as files are edited, especially if the edits are small.
Depending on the storage being used, you could, instead, utilize sync and leverage the versioning capabilities of the target remote storage. I know this is not the same as backup, but I wanted to mention it.
ODrive doesn’t support block-level deduplication like Kopia does. It typically backs up entire file versions, so if you’re frequently updating large files, storage usage can add up pretty quickly. That said, it does depend on your use case if changes are minimal or infrequent, the overhead might not be too bad.