[pve-devel] backup : add pigz compressor

[Alexandre DERUMIER]

>>We already have lzop, which is as fast as pgzip and uses less resources.
>>So what is the advantage of pgzip? 
I think better compression than lzop (but slower), but still faster than classic gzip.


>>IMHO a parallel lzop would be nice.

yeah. don't have find any implementation currently.


----- Mail original -----
De: "dietmar" <dietmar at proxmox.com>
À: "aderumier" <aderumier at odiso.com>, "pve-devel" <pve-devel at pve.proxmox.com>
Cc: "proxmoxve" <pve-user at pve.proxmox.com>, "Chidester, Bryce" <Bryce.Chidester at calyptix.com>
Envoyé: Vendredi 10 Juillet 2015 07:05:07
Objet: Re: [pve-devel] backup : add pigz compressor

> user from pve-user mailing report than using pigz (multithread gzip), 
> improve a lot speed of compression backup. 
> 
> Maybe could we use add it ? (or maybe replace gzip ?) 

We already have lzop, which is as fast as pgzip and uses less resources. 
So what is the advantage of pgzip? IMHO a parallel lzop would be nice.