Data compression is the lowering of the number of bits that need to be saved or transmitted and this process is rather important in the web hosting field as info stored on hard drives is typically compressed so as to take less space. You'll find many different algorithms for compressing information and they have different efficiency based upon the content. Some of them remove just the redundant bits, so that no data will be lost, while others erase unneeded bits, which results in worse quality when your data is uncompressed. The process requires plenty of processing time, so an internet hosting server should be powerful enough so as to be able to compress and uncompress data quickly. An instance 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 Cloud Hosting
The cloud web hosting platform where your cloud hosting account is created uses the advanced ZFS file system. The LZ4 compression method which the aforementioned uses is greater in a number of aspects, and not only does it compress data better than any compression method that other file systems use, but it is also considerably quicker. The benefits are significant especially on compressible content which includes website files. Despite the fact that it could sound illogical, uncompressing data with LZ4 is quicker than reading uncompressed data from a hard disk, so the performance of each site hosted on our servers shall be improved. The better and faster compression rates also allow us to generate numerous daily backups of the entire content in every single web hosting account, so should you delete anything by mistake, the last back-up copy that we have will not be more than several hours old. This can be done because the backups take a lot less space and their generation is quick enough, so as to not affect the performance of the servers.
Data Compression in Semi-dedicated Hosting
Your semi-dedicated hosting account will be created on a cloud platform that runs on the innovative ZFS file system. The aforementioned uses a compression algorithm known as LZ4, that's significantly better than all other algorithms regarding compression ratio and speed. The gain is significant especially when data is being uncompressed and not only is LZ4 much quicker than other algorithms, but it is also quicker in uncompressing data than a system is in reading from a HDD. This is the reason why websites running on a platform that employs LZ4 compression perform better because the algorithm is most efficient when it processes compressible data i.e. website content. A further advantage of using LZ4 is that the backup copies of the semi-dedicated accounts that we keep take a lot less space and they're generated faster, which enables us to store multiple daily backups of your files and databases.