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On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 12:53 PM, Roy Bamford <neddyseagoon@g.o> wrote: |
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> What about not compressing files smaller than the filesysem block size |
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> at all. In my case its 4k. Any file gets allocated 4k on disc anyway, |
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> so compression/decompression is just a waste of resource for files |
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> <=4k. |
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> I'm not suggesting dynamically determining the output filesystem block |
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> size (unless you really want to), choose a static limit below which |
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> compression will not be applied. |
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> That eliminates the discussion about small files. |
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See existing discussion around this very topic - for some filesystems |
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that threshold is apparently as low as about 150 bytes. |
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Rich |
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