Return-Path: Delivered-To: 2-oracle-l@orafaq.com Received: (qmail 16153 invoked from network); 22 Jan 2008 17:21:09 -0600 Received: from freelists-180.iquest.net (HELO turing.freelists.org) (206.53.239.180) by static-ip-69-64-49-119.inaddr.intergenia.de with SMTP; 22 Jan 2008 17:21:08 -0600 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id B33737EB2AF; Tue, 22 Jan 2008 18:21:08 -0500 (EST) Received: from turing.freelists.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (turing.freelists.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 14110-06; Tue, 22 Jan 2008 18:21:08 -0500 (EST) Received: from turing (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 2D2777EB259; Tue, 22 Jan 2008 18:21:08 -0500 (EST) Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list oracle-l); Tue, 22 Jan 2008 18:18:58 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 38FE97EAF6A for ; Tue, 22 Jan 2008 18:18:58 -0500 (EST) Received: from turing.freelists.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (turing.freelists.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 13880-04 for ; Tue, 22 Jan 2008 18:18:58 -0500 (EST) Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com (fg-out-1718.google.com [72.14.220.152]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id C681E7EAF65 for ; Tue, 22 Jan 2008 18:18:57 -0500 (EST) Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id d23so2066829fga.32 for ; Tue, 22 Jan 2008 15:18:56 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=sTE3DO3FQfSRUkZmPJgBfNrPM9upio7GsjhSgR8L90I=; b=j+HSKRStv9hpUvR/S1ft+oufaqa6Deqow1d8FY+sOQHa9sn321lgQnxUNPK4FgECE3h+c2y5c8wSQPO0X6Rqzw4iJmkpV+vl42FTb4SsiQhL1Hg6NyRHmVlsLRFJz38HIfy9YNKO7ZABSZE8/kBk717R0dovcYTtHlfWXM2Kxzk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=w5w0GvgSnQKdSxeUB9ztp3PTm2mhqblak0R7+5zHNguC6lKkp2Eyu6i8cXnjp4ZRE1GIe1JaMlZSUd4Gbzcsgs97CJqgRtFUTCb+M1MkbHtkOg56Apouhtf7OoPA/Q35LawZhY68n9Q1PXLkPyIDcBusYg874NZzxvzkGAAagJQ= Received: by 10.86.51.2 with SMTP id y2mr8251363fgy.6.1201043936477; Tue, 22 Jan 2008 15:18:56 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.86.83.9 with HTTP; Tue, 22 Jan 2008 15:18:56 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <329b3afe0801221518x36a941e1ga2ca456f7a311152@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2008 20:18:56 -0300 From: "Luis Fernando Cerri" To: alberto.dellera@gmail.com Subject: Re: gzip vs. compress Cc: rafiq9857@hotmail.com, joe_dba@hotmail.com, oracle-l@freelists.org In-Reply-To: <4ef2fbf50801221450g7a887eb7w9a0e0a6b7aac8a0f@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline References: <4ef2fbf50801221450g7a887eb7w9a0e0a6b7aac8a0f@mail.gmail.com> X-archive-position: 4853 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org Errors-to: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org X-original-sender: lfcerri@gmail.com Precedence: normal Reply-to: lfcerri@gmail.com List-help: List-unsubscribe: List-software: Ecartis version 1.0.0 List-Id: oracle-l X-List-ID: oracle-l List-subscribe: List-owner: List-post: List-archive: X-list: oracle-l X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at localhost.localdomain Adding my 0.02, you'd can do some tests on your box and, as others have said, make your mind based on what is cheaper for you: disk space or CPU. Original random.out is about 7MB: $ time gzip random.out real 0m7.231s user 0m6.650s sys 0m0.540s $ ls -l random.out.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 owner users 39641 Jan 22 11:39 random.out.gz $ time compress random.out real 0m26.246s user 0m22.470s sys 0m1.220s $ ls -l random.out.Z -rw-r--r-- 1 owner users 386673 Jan 22 11:39 random.out.Z HTH, Cerri 2008/1/22, Alberto Dell'Era : > On Jan 22, 2008 9:04 PM, M Rafiq wrote: > > Only observation is high CPU usage for gzip than compress though. > > Also worth mentioning: > > > man gzip > (snip) > -# --fast --best > Regulate the speed of compression using the specified > digit #, where -1 or --fast indicates the fastest compression > method (less compression) and -9 or --best indicates the > slowest compression method (best compression). The default com- > pression level is -6 (that is, biased towards high compression > at expense of speed). > > probably (not tested myself) you might experience less CPU utilization > by setting a low compression rate, if CPU is at a premium. > > -- > Alberto Dell'Era > "the more you know, the faster you go" > -- > http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > -- http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l