# \--compress and --incremental

**URL:** <https://forums.percona.com/t/compress-and-incremental/2255>\
**Category:** Percona XtraBackup\
**Created:** [June 8, 2012, 12:22pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/compress-and-incremental/2255 "2012-06-08T12:22:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![mAcRoS](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/macros/32/878_2.png) [@mAcRoS](https://forums.percona.com/u/mAcRoS)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2012, 12:22pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/compress-and-incremental/2255/1 "2012-06-08T12:22:28Z")

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I guess it’s impossible to use both options ?

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**Author:** ![makarand.nikam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f14d63/32.png) [@makarand.nikam](https://forums.percona.com/u/makarand.nikam)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2016, 2:02am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/compress-and-incremental/2255/2 "2016-06-10T02:02:32Z")

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Sorry to open old post.  
Really wanted to know if this is possible  
–compress and --incremental together