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    Reclaim disk space in LXC raw images

    Another question regarding this empty space. When you backup a container via proxmox pve, does it clear the empty space before the compression (like with the dd conv=sparse option) or does it copy the whole image? Thanks
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    Reclaim disk space in LXC raw images

    I said hacky because using size=0 for containers does not work in the web interface and it doesn't look documented for the command line either (at least I couldn't find it). If the su bug is fixed, does that mean that containers would operate normally? I mean just like with the raw image in...
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    Reclaim disk space in LXC raw images

    Isn't there any official way? This is a huge problem as it is a wast of space once you have dozens containers. This means that the used space by containers can only grow so in some months you will have a lot space used by empty space. In the case above, havig 10 containers like this means...
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    Reclaim disk space in LXC raw images

    As it seems not possible to directly use chroot for LXC storage (due to having to do it in a hacky way and apparently having problems with "su") I am using the default raw image. The problem with this images is that once that you use space, it is never released. For example, I have a container...

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