Data compression is the reduction of the number of bits which have to be saved or transmitted and this process is really important in the web hosting field since data kept on hard drives is generally compressed in order to take less space. You'll find many different algorithms for compressing data and they offer different effectiveness based upon the content. Some of them remove only the redundant bits, so that no data can be lost, while others delete unnecessary bits, which leads to worse quality once the particular data is uncompressed. This method requires a lot of processing time, therefore a hosting server needs to be powerful enough in order to be able to compress and uncompress data in real time. One example how binary code may be compressed is by "remembering" that there are five sequential 1s, for example, in contrast to storing all five 1s.
Data Compression in Shared Website Hosting
The compression algorithm employed by the ZFS file system which runs on our cloud internet hosting platform is known as LZ4. It can enhance the performance of any website hosted in a shared website hosting account on our end since not only does it compress info significantly better than algorithms used by various other file systems, but it also uncompresses data at speeds that are higher than the hard disk reading speeds. This is achieved by using a great deal of CPU processing time, which is not a problem for our platform owing to the fact that it uses clusters of powerful servers working together. An additional advantage of LZ4 is that it allows us to generate backups at a higher speed and on lower disk space, so we shall have multiple daily backups of your files and databases and their generation won't influence the performance of the servers. This way, we can always restore any content that you may have deleted by mistake.
Data Compression in Semi-dedicated Hosting
In case you host your websites in a semi-dedicated hosting account with our firm, you'll be able to experience the advantages of LZ4 - the powerful compression algorithm used by the ZFS file system that's behind our advanced cloud Internet hosting platform. What differentiates LZ4 from all other algorithms out there is that it has an improved compression ratio and it is considerably quicker, in particular when it comes to uncompressing web content. It does that even quicker than uncompressed info can be read from a hard drive, so your sites will perform faster. The higher speed comes at the expense of using plenty of CPU processing time, that is not an issue for our platform as it consists of a large number of clusters working together. In addition to the better performance, you'll have multiple daily backup copies at your disposal, so you'll be able to restore any deleted content with a few clicks. The backups are available for a whole month and we can afford to store them because they need considerably less space compared to conventional backups.