Data compression is the lowering of the number of bits that need to be saved or transmitted and this particular process is really important in the internet hosting field since information filed on hard drives is typically compressed to take less space. You'll find various algorithms for compressing information and they provide different efficiency based upon the content. A number of them remove only the redundant bits, so no data can be lost, while others delete unneeded bits, which leads to worse quality when the particular data is uncompressed. The process consumes a lot of processing time, so an internet hosting server has to be powerful enough so as to be able to compress and uncompress data instantly. An instance how binary code can be compressed is by "remembering" that there are five sequential 1s, for example, in contrast to storing all five 1s.
Data Compression in Cloud Website Hosting
The compression algorithm used by the ZFS file system that runs on our cloud internet hosting platform is known as LZ4. It can boost the performance of any site hosted in a cloud website hosting account with us since not only does it compress data much better than algorithms employed by various other file systems, but it uncompresses data at speeds that are higher than the hard disk drive reading speeds. This can be done by using a great deal of CPU processing time, which is not a problem for our platform since it uses clusters of powerful servers working together. An additional advantage of LZ4 is that it enables us to create backup copies more quickly and on reduced disk space, so we can have multiple daily backups of your files and databases and their generation won't influence the performance of the servers. In this way, we could always recover any kind of content that you may have erased by accident.
Data Compression in Semi-dedicated Servers
If you host your Internet sites in a semi-dedicated server account with our company, you'll be able to experience the advantages of LZ4 - the powerful compression algorithm employed by the ZFS file system that's behind our advanced cloud Internet hosting platform. What distinguishes LZ4 from all the other algorithms out there is that it has an improved compression ratio and it is way quicker, in particular with regard to uncompressing web content. It does that even faster than uncompressed info can be read from a hard disk drive, so your Internet sites will perform faster. The higher speed is at the expense of using a lot of CPU processing time, that is not a problem for our platform as it consists of numerous clusters working together. Together with the better performance, you'll have multiple daily backups at your disposal, so you could restore any deleted content with just a few clicks. The backups are available for an entire month and we can afford to store them as they take significantly less space compared to conventional backups.