diff --git a/src/cluster/DotNext.Net.Cluster/Net/Cluster/Consensus/Raft/PersistentState.Backup.cs b/src/cluster/DotNext.Net.Cluster/Net/Cluster/Consensus/Raft/PersistentState.Backup.cs
index e1680a636..f17d0d4a8 100644
--- a/src/cluster/DotNext.Net.Cluster/Net/Cluster/Consensus/Raft/PersistentState.Backup.cs
+++ b/src/cluster/DotNext.Net.Cluster/Net/Cluster/Consensus/Raft/PersistentState.Backup.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.Formats.Tar;
-using SafeFileHandle = Microsoft.Win32.SafeHandles.SafeFileHandle;
 
 namespace DotNext.Net.Cluster.Consensus.Raft;
 
@@ -8,46 +6,6 @@ public partial class PersistentState
 {
     private readonly TarEntryFormat backupFormat;
 
-    private TarEntry CreateTarEntry(FileInfo source)
-    {
-        TarEntry destination = backupFormat switch
-        {
-            TarEntryFormat.Gnu => new GnuTarEntry(TarEntryType.RegularFile, source.Name) { AccessTime = source.LastAccessTime, ChangeTime = source.LastWriteTime, UserName = Environment.UserName },
-            TarEntryFormat.Ustar => new UstarTarEntry(TarEntryType.RegularFile, source.Name) { UserName = Environment.UserName },
-            TarEntryFormat.V7 => new V7TarEntry(TarEntryType.RegularFile, source.Name),
-            _ => new PaxTarEntry(TarEntryType.RegularFile, source.Name) { UserName = Environment.UserName },
-        };
-
-        destination.ModificationTime = source.LastWriteTime;
-
-        if (Environment.OSVersion is { Platform: PlatformID.Unix })
-        {
-            destination.Mode = source.UnixFileMode;
-        }
-
-        return destination;
-    }
-
-    private static void ImportAttributes(SafeFileHandle handle, TarEntry entry)
-    {
-        switch (entry)
-        {
-            case GnuTarEntry gnu:
-                File.SetLastAccessTimeUtc(handle, gnu.AccessTime.UtcDateTime);
-                goto default;
-            default:
-                File.SetLastWriteTimeUtc(handle, entry.ModificationTime.UtcDateTime);
-                break;
-        }
-
-        if (Environment.OSVersion is { Platform: PlatformID.Unix })
-        {
-            Debug.Assert(!OperatingSystem.IsWindows());
-
-            File.SetUnixFileMode(handle, entry.Mode);
-        }
-    }
-
     /// <summary>
     /// Creates backup of this audit trail in TAR format.
     /// </summary>
@@ -72,17 +30,7 @@ public async Task CreateBackupAsync(Stream output, CancellationToken token = def
             archive = new(output, backupFormat, leaveOpen: true);
             foreach (var file in Location.EnumerateFiles())
             {
-                var destination = CreateTarEntry(file);
-                var source = file.Open(options);
-                try
-                {
-                    destination.DataStream = source;
-                    await archive.WriteEntryAsync(destination, token).ConfigureAwait(false);
-                }
-                finally
-                {
-                    await source.DisposeAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
-                }
+                await archive.WriteEntryAsync(file.FullName, entryName: null, token).ConfigureAwait(false);
             }
 
             await output.FlushAsync(token).ConfigureAwait(false);
@@ -119,25 +67,8 @@ public static async Task RestoreFromBackupAsync(Stream backup, DirectoryInfo des
         {
             while (await archive.GetNextEntryAsync(copyData: false, token).ConfigureAwait(false) is { } entry)
             {
-                var sourceStream = entry.DataStream;
-                var destinationStream = new FileStream(Path.Combine(destination.FullName, entry.Name), FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write, FileShare.None, 4096, FileOptions.Asynchronous | FileOptions.SequentialScan);
-                try
-                {
-                    ImportAttributes(destinationStream.SafeFileHandle, entry);
-
-                    if (sourceStream is not null)
-                    {
-                        await sourceStream.CopyToAsync(destinationStream, token).ConfigureAwait(false);
-                        await destinationStream.FlushAsync(token).ConfigureAwait(false);
-                    }
-                }
-                finally
-                {
-                    if (sourceStream is not null)
-                        await sourceStream.DisposeAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
-
-                    await destinationStream.DisposeAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
-                }
+                var destinationFileName = Path.Combine(destination.FullName, entry.Name);
+                await entry.ExtractToFileAsync(destinationFileName, overwrite: false, token).ConfigureAwait(false);
             }
         }
         finally