The term data compression identifies reducing the number of bits of information that should be saved or transmitted. This can be done with or without losing data, so what will be removed in the course of the compression will be either redundant data or unnecessary one. When the data is uncompressed afterwards, in the first case the info and its quality will be the same, whereas in the second case the quality will be worse. You can find various compression algorithms that are better for different sort of information. Compressing and uncompressing data usually takes a lot of processing time, so the server performing the action should have adequate resources in order to be able to process your info quick enough. One simple example how information can be compressed is to store how many sequential positions should have 1 and how many should have 0 inside the binary code rather than storing the particular 1s and 0s.

Data Compression in Cloud Website Hosting

The compression algorithm used by the ZFS file system that runs on our cloud hosting platform is known as LZ4. It can supercharge the performance of any site hosted in a cloud website hosting account with us since not only does it compress info much better than algorithms employed by alternative file systems, but it uncompresses data at speeds that are higher than the hard drive reading speeds. This can be done by using a lot of CPU processing time, which is not a problem for our platform considering the fact that it uses clusters of powerful servers working together. One more advantage of LZ4 is that it enables us to create backup copies quicker and on lower disk space, so we will have multiple daily backups of your files and databases and their generation will not influence the performance of the servers. In this way, we can always restore all of the content that you could have deleted by mistake.

Data Compression in Semi-dedicated Servers

In case you host your Internet sites in a semi-dedicated server account from our firm, you can experience the advantages of LZ4 - the powerful compression algorithm employed by the ZFS file system that's behind our advanced cloud web hosting platform. What distinguishes LZ4 from all of the other algorithms out there is that it has a better compression ratio and it is considerably quicker, in particular when it comes to uncompressing web content. It does that even faster than uncompressed information can be read from a hard drive, so your sites will perform better. The higher speed is at the expense of using a considerable amount of CPU processing time, which is not a problem for our platform as it consists of numerous clusters working together. In combination with the improved performance, you'll have multiple daily backups at your disposal, so you'll be able to restore any deleted content with just a few clicks. The backups are available for an entire month and we can afford to keep them since they take a lot less space compared to standard backups.