No snapshot compression

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Feature name	As CLI option	As env variable
If set, stop compacting the snapshots	./meilisearch --experimental-no-snapshot-compaction	MEILI_EXPERIMENTAL_NO_SNAPSHOT_COMPACTION=true ./meilisearch

Meilisearch v1.15.0 (released on June 09, 2025) adds more control over the compaction of the snapshots.

Experimental feature abstract

When a database grows, it ends up generating more and more fragmentation, which makes the database larger than necessary and can slow down the system in some extreme cases. That's why, by default, Meilisearch compacts your database on the fly while doing a snapshot. This new flag allows you to disable the compaction; this is typically useful when your database is large and takes too much time to create a snapshot.

The drawback of using this flag is that the snapshot will consume significantly more disk space and will also require additional disk space to create.