Re: Performance comparison: Bzip2 vs Gzip

Nicola Larosa <nico-kqPTfkfBL9/[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.sysutils.backup.dar.general
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> I am in the process of benchmarking Dar with different compression
> settings.  So far, it seems like Bzip2 is the better choice, both in
> compressed size AND performance.  I will post the full results when I am
> done, but here is a teaser...
>
> Creating Dar backup....
> Bzip2: 45 minutes, 590,000,000 bytes
> Gzip: 71 minutes, 610,000,000 bytes

That's peculiar, bzip2 is usually slower than gzip, at least at the default
compression levels. Did you change them? What kind of data did you compress?


> Which compression utility do other Dar users choose, and what are your
> experiences with them?

I use gzip -1 (minimum compression), good speed, decent compressed size.


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