Data compression is the lowering of the number of bits which should be stored or transmitted and this particular process is quite important in the internet hosting field due to the fact that information filed on hard drives is usually compressed so as to take less space. You will find many different algorithms for compressing information and they offer different efficiency based on the content. Many of them remove only the redundant bits, so no data will be lost, while others erase unnecessary bits, which leads to worse quality when your data is uncompressed. The process uses a lot of processing time, which means that an internet hosting server needs to be powerful enough so as to be able to compress and uncompress data right away. An illustration 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 hosting platform is known as LZ4. It can enhance the performance of any Internet site hosted in a shared website hosting account on our end since not only does it compress info more effectively than algorithms employed by various file systems, but it uncompresses data at speeds which are higher than the hard disk reading speeds. This can be done 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. A further advantage of LZ4 is that it enables us to make backups faster and on less disk space, so we will have multiple daily backups of your databases and files and their generation will not influence the performance of the servers. That way, we can always recover all the content that you could have erased by mistake.

Data Compression in Semi-dedicated Servers

In case you host your sites in a semi-dedicated server account from our firm, you will be able to experience the advantages of LZ4 - the powerful compression algorithm employed by the ZFS file system that is behind our advanced cloud Internet hosting platform. What differentiates LZ4 from all other algorithms out there is that it has a better compression ratio and it is way quicker, particularly when it comes to uncompressing website content. It does that even faster than uncompressed information can be read from a hard drive, so your sites will perform faster. The higher speed comes at the expense of using a considerable amount of CPU processing time, that's not an issue for our platform because it consists of numerous clusters working together. In combination with the improved performance, you'll also have multiple daily backup copies at your disposal, so you'll be able to recover any deleted content with several clicks. The backups are available for an entire month and we can afford to keep them as they take a lot less space than ordinary backups.