Greg Mason <gma...@msu.edu> writes: > Harry, > > ZFS will only compress data if it is able to gain more than 12% of > space by compressing the data (I may be wrong on the exact > percentage). If ZFS can't get get that 12% compression at least, it > doesn't bother and will just store the block uncompressed. > > Also, the default ZFS compression algorithm isn't gzip, so you aren't > going to get the greatest compression possible, but it is quite fast. > > Depending on the type of data, it may not compress well at all, > leading ZFS to store that data completely uncompressed.
Thanks for another little addition to my knowledge of zfs. Good stuff to know. _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
