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Re:AWS switch from gzip to zstd – about 30% reduction in com... by wmf on Saturday August 20, 2022 @01:12PM (#32533602)
Note that these are pre-2017 consumer SSDs. I think SSD compression fell out of favor due to the rise of FDE.
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Re:AWS switch from gzip to zstd – about 30% reduction in com... by ChrisLomont on Saturday August 20, 2022 @01:20PM (#32533665)
FDE can be done on the SSD after compression, and often is.

Adding life to SSDs is a terribly useful feature

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