Virtual Data Optimizer (dm-vdo), file system compression and deduplication for Qubes OS

Hello,

Today I learned about dm-vdo as an alternative to ZFS/Btrfs for file system deduplication and compression, it works with LVM which Qubes OS default installation uses.

https://docs.kernel.org/admin-guide/device-mapper/vdo.html

Maybe it’s a good system to be able to compress qubes and even if you create a bunch of similar templates or standalones it doesnt take your whole disk…?

Regards

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