On 5/4/06, bk <mutualaid@gmail.com> wrote:
> Compression algorithms like 7zip, RAR, bzip2, etc tend not to be wins
> (except for very large files) since they use *much* more CPU time for
> relatively minor size savings. If you're concerned about server load,
> 7zip is a bad idea and best case scenario is that you'll only see 15-30%
> filesize savings.

I don't see the point, as the original concern was "cpu power > bandwidth"

~lImbus
Received on Thu May 4 02:31:17 2006