Re:Show HN: Compressed directories on Linux
by flukus on Monday May 08, 2017 @02:56AM
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What does the calculation for file system compression look like these days? On one hand we've got faster SSDs, but on the other we've got more spare cores and SSD space is relatively expensive compared to HDD space.
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With LZ4 overhead is rather low, generally you'd get higher end to end throughput with LZ4 enabled. It's not as space efficient as more expensive algorithms but great for high performance scenarios.