diff --git a/app/classes/shared/backup_mgr.py b/app/classes/shared/backup_mgr.py
index 380d7b07..8b7afc4b 100644
--- a/app/classes/shared/backup_mgr.py
+++ b/app/classes/shared/backup_mgr.py
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ class BackupManager:
             self.fail_backup(why, backup_config, server)
 
         # Create backup manifest for server files.
-        backup_manifest = self.create_snapshot_backup_manifest(
+        backup_manifest, count_of_files = self.create_snapshot_backup_manifest(
             pathlib.Path(server.server_path)
         )
 
@@ -237,6 +237,11 @@ class BackupManager:
             backup_manifest, backup_target_location, backup_config["backup_id"]
         )
 
+        # Find files that are not already stored in the backup repository.
+        files_to_save = self.find_files_not_in_repository(
+            backup_manifest, backup_target_location
+        )
+
     @staticmethod
     def ensure_snapshot_directory_is_valid(backup_path: pathlib.Path) -> bool:
         backup_path.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
@@ -278,7 +283,7 @@ class BackupManager:
         # Return path with base remove
         return str(desired_path)[len(str(base.absolute())) + 1 :]
 
-    def create_snapshot_backup_manifest(self, backup_dir: pathlib.Path) -> dict:
+    def create_snapshot_backup_manifest(self, backup_dir: pathlib.Path) -> (dict, int):
         """
         Creates dict showing all directories in backup source as a relative path, and
         all files with their hashes as a relative path. All returned paths are relative
@@ -292,6 +297,7 @@ class BackupManager:
 
         """
         output = {"directories": [], "files": []}
+        files_count = 0
 
         # Iterate over backups source dir.
         for p in backup_dir.rglob("*"):
@@ -308,6 +314,8 @@ class BackupManager:
 
             else:
                 # For files.
+                files_count += 1
+
                 # We must store file hash and path to file.
                 # calculate_file_hash_blake2b returns bytes, b64 is stored as a string.
                 file_hash = helper.crypto_helper.bytes_to_b64(
@@ -318,7 +326,7 @@ class BackupManager:
                 output["files"].append(
                     (file_hash, str(self.get_local_path_with_base(p, backup_dir)))
                 )
-        return output
+        return output, files_count
 
     @staticmethod
     def create_depends_file_from_backup_manifest(
@@ -354,3 +362,50 @@ class BackupManager:
             # Iterate through files and add b64 hashes to file.
             for depended_file in manifest["files"]:
                 f.write(depended_file[0] + "\n")
+
+    def find_files_not_in_repository(
+        self, backup_manifest: dict, backup_repository: pathlib.Path
+    ) -> list[(str, str)]:
+        """
+        Discovers what files are not already contained in the backup repository by hash.
+        Returns a hash of files that are not in the repository in backup manifest
+        format.
+
+        Args:
+            self: self
+            backup_manifest: backup manifest as generated by
+            create_snapshot_backup_manifest.
+            backup_repository: Path to the backup storage location or backup
+            "repository."
+
+        Returns: List of files that are not in the repository in backup manifest format.
+        [(file hash), (file name)]
+
+        """
+        output = []
+
+        # If file does not exist add it array.
+        for file_tuple in backup_manifest["files"]:
+            file_path = self.get_path_from_hash(file_tuple[0], backup_repository)
+            if not file_path.exists():
+                output.append(file_tuple)
+        return output
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def get_path_from_hash(file_hash: str, repository: pathlib.Path) -> pathlib.Path:
+        """
+        Get file path in backup repository based on file hash and path to the backup
+        repository.
+
+        Args:
+            file_hash: Hash of target file.
+            repository: Path to the backup repository.
+
+        Returns: Path to where file should be stored.
+
+        """
+        # Example:
+        # Repo path: /path/to/backup/repo/
+        # Hash: 1234...890
+        # Example: /path/to/backup/repo/data/12/34...890
+        return repository / "data" / str(file_hash[:2]) / str(file_hash[-126:])