The term data compression identifies decreasing the number of bits of information which has to be stored or transmitted. You can do this with or without losing info, so what will be deleted throughout the compression shall be either redundant data or unneeded one. When the data is uncompressed later on, in the first case the content and its quality will be identical, while in the second case the quality shall be worse. You can find different compression algorithms which are more efficient for different sort of info. Compressing and uncompressing data frequently takes a lot of processing time, therefore the server performing the action needs to have sufficient resources to be able to process your info quick enough. A simple example how information can be compressed is to store how many sequential positions should have 1 and just how many should have 0 inside the binary code instead of storing the particular 1s and 0s.

Data Compression in Shared Web Hosting

The compression algorithm used by the ZFS file system which runs on our cloud internet hosting platform is called LZ4. It can supercharge the performance of any Internet site hosted in a shared web hosting account on our end as not only does it compress data more efficiently than algorithms employed by various file systems, but it also uncompresses data at speeds that are higher than the hard disk drive reading speeds. This is achieved by using a great deal of CPU processing time, which is not a problem for our platform because it uses clusters of powerful servers working together. An additional advantage of LZ4 is that it enables us to generate backups much quicker and on reduced disk space, so we will 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 recover all the content that you could have deleted by mistake.

Data Compression in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you host your websites in a semi-dedicated server account from our firm, you can experience the advantages of LZ4 - the powerful compression algorithm used by the ZFS file system that is behind our advanced cloud web hosting platform. What distinguishes LZ4 from all of the other algorithms out there is that it has a higher compression ratio and it is way quicker, especially with regard to uncompressing web content. It does that even faster than uncompressed info can be read from a hard drive, so your Internet sites will perform better. The higher speed comes at the expense of using a great deal of CPU processing time, that is not a problem for our platform because it consists of multiple clusters working together. In combination with the superior performance, you'll also have multiple daily backups at your disposal, so you will be able to recover any deleted content with several clicks. The backups are available for an entire month and we can afford to store them as they need a lot less space compared to conventional backups.