On 4/18/08, Winelfred G. Pasamba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > on the other hand compression MIGHT theoretically speed up access if > you CPU(s) compresses / decompresses faster than your disk writes / > reads.
in the early days where disk reads and writes were slower... compression was used for faster reads, writes and save space... but today's hardware speed.. compression is used for saving space only... fooler. _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
