yes compression will probably slow things down most of the time, for disk. but http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disk_compression#Performance_Impacts
and compression is used for saving space MOST of the time, if there is a speed increase then it probably is a [rare] positive side-effect. google probably compresses their cached versions of webpages to primarily save disk space. (http://infolab.stanford.edu/~backrub/google.html) apache has mod_deflate probably to save on hosting bandwidth and speedup downloads. (http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/speed-up-apache-20-web-access-or-downloads-with-mod_deflate.html) there is still a possibility, although not practical or feasible, or maybe not currently possible. On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 5:44 PM, fooler mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > -- Seek ye first the kingdom of God and all these things shall be added unto you. Winelfred G. Pasamba Adventist University of the Philippines Online Information Systems _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
