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Understanding ZFS: Compression

One of the most appealing features ZFS offers is built in compression capabilities. The tradeoffs are self evident, consume additional CPU but conserve disk space. If your running an OLTP database then compression probly isn't for you, however if you are doing bulk data archiving this could be a huge win.

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Dpkg::Compression(3)						   libdpkg-perl 					      Dpkg::Compression(3)

NAME
Dpkg::Compression - simple database of available compression methods DESCRIPTION
This modules provides a few public funcions and a public regex to interact with the set of supported compression methods. EXPORTED VARIABLES
$compression_re_file_ext A regex that matches a file extension of a file compressed with one of the supported compression methods. EXPORTED FUNCTIONS
my @list = compression_get_list() Returns a list of supported compression methods (sorted alphabetically). compression_is_supported($comp) Returns a boolean indicating whether the give compression method is known and supported. compression_get_property($comp, $property) Returns the requested property of the compression method. Returns undef if either the property or the compression method doesn't exist. Valid properties currently include "file_ext" for the file extension, "comp_prog" for the name of the compression program and "decomp_prog" for the name of the decompression program. compression_guess_from_filename($filename) Returns the compression method that is likely used on the indicated filename based on its file extension. my $comp = compression_get_default() Return the default compression method. It's "gzip" unless "compression_set_default" has been used to change it. compression_set_default($comp) Change the default compression method. Errors out if the given compression method is not supported. my $level = compression_get_default_level() Return the default compression level used when compressing data. It's "9" unless "compression_set_default_level" has been used to change it. compression_set_default_level($level) Change the default compression level. Errors out if the level is not valid (see "compression_is_valid_level"). either a number between 1 and 9 or "fast" or "best". compression_is_valid_level($level) Returns a boolean indicating whether $level is a valid compression level (it must be either a number between 1 and 9 or "fast" or "best") AUTHOR
Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>. 1.16.0.3 2012-04-17 Dpkg::Compression(3)