The term data compression refers to decreasing the number of bits of information that has to be stored or transmitted. You can do this with or without the loss of data, so what will be deleted throughout the compression shall be either redundant data or unnecessary one. When the data is uncompressed later on, in the first case the content and the quality will be identical, while in the second case the quality will be worse. There are different compression algorithms which are more effective for various kind of info. Compressing and uncompressing data often takes a lot of processing time, so the server performing the action must have ample resources to be able to process your info fast enough. One simple example how information can be compressed is to store just how many sequential positions should have 1 and just how many should have 0 inside the binary code rather than storing the particular 1s and 0s.
Data Compression in Cloud Hosting
The compression algorithm used by the ZFS file system which runs on our cloud hosting platform is called LZ4. It can improve the performance of any site hosted in a cloud hosting account on our end since not only does it compress data significantly better than algorithms used by alternative file systems, but it also uncompresses data at speeds that are higher than the hard drive reading speeds. This is achieved by using a lot of CPU processing time, which is not a problem for our platform considering the fact that it uses clusters of powerful servers working together. One more advantage of LZ4 is that it allows us to create backups much quicker and on lower disk space, so we shall have multiple daily backups of your files and databases and their generation won't change the performance of the servers. This way, we could always recover all the content that you may have deleted by mistake.
Data Compression in Semi-dedicated Servers
If you host your Internet sites in a semi-dedicated server account with our firm, you'll be able to experience the advantages of LZ4 - the powerful compression algorithm used by the ZFS file system which is behind our advanced cloud hosting platform. What separates LZ4 from all the other algorithms out there is that it has an improved compression ratio and it is way quicker, in particular when it comes to uncompressing web content. It does that even quicker than uncompressed information can be read from a hard drive, so your websites will perform better. The higher speed is at the expense of using a great deal of CPU processing time, which is not a problem for our platform because it consists of numerous clusters working together. Together with the superior performance, you'll also have multiple daily backup copies at your disposal, so you could recover any deleted content with just a couple of clicks. The backup copies are available for an entire month and we can afford to store them because they need significantly less space compared to conventional backups.