# Compression on Linstor Pool

**URL:** <https://forums.linbit.com/t/compression-on-linstor-pool/152>\
**Category:** LINSTOR\
**Created:** [June 28, 2024, 11:48am UTC](https://forums.linbit.com/t/compression-on-linstor-pool/152 "2024-06-28T11:48:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![akash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@akash](https://forums.linbit.com/u/akash)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2024, 11:48am UTC](https://forums.linbit.com/t/compression-on-linstor-pool/152/1 "2024-06-28T11:48:36Z")

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Hi,

Is it possible to enable compression on linstor pool setup on proxmox cluster?

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**Author:** ![gianni.milo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/58956e/32.png) [@gianni.milo](https://forums.linbit.com/u/gianni.milo)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2024, 5:18pm UTC](https://forums.linbit.com/t/compression-on-linstor-pool/152/2 "2024-07-05T17:18:19Z")

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Compression is possible, but at the storage level. For example, if you use ZFS as backing storage for LINSTOR you can leverage from its built in compression features.