Postgres doesnt have great compression. Depending on your database you can reduce the size by 50% sometimes with high zstd zfs configurations. No lunch is fre

Postgres doesnt have great compression. Depending on your database you can reduce the size by 50% sometimes with high zstd zfs configurations. No lunch is free though. Aside from the obvious cpu cycles spent compressing configuring zfs / postgres is a pain in the ass and really depends on the trade offs and use cases.