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A comment on Pigz: Parallel gzip for modern multi-processor, multi-core machines. Parent comment

Re:Pigz: Parallel gzip for modern multi-processor, multi-cor... by saagarjha on Friday May 12, 2023 @09:13AM (#35915752)
Well, if you split the file into chunks you could fan it across cores by compressing each individually.
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Re:Pigz: Parallel gzip for modern multi-processor, multi-cor... by frde on Friday May 12, 2023 @10:03AM (#35916501)
Having to do things like this is exactly the problem.
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