Data compression is the compacting of information by lowering the number of bits which are stored or transmitted. As a result, the compressed information takes considerably less disk space than the initial one, so a lot more content might be stored on the same amount of space. There are various compression algorithms that function in different ways and with many of them just the redundant bits are removed, which means that once the info is uncompressed, there is no loss of quality. Others delete excessive bits, but uncompressing the data later on will lead to reduced quality compared to the original. Compressing and uncompressing content consumes a large amount of system resources, particularly CPU processing time, so any hosting platform which employs compression in real time needs to have enough power to support this attribute. An example how info can be compressed is to replace a binary code such as 111111 with 6x1 i.e. "remembering" what number of sequential 1s or 0s there should be instead of saving the whole code.
Data Compression in Cloud Website Hosting
The compression algorithm which we employ on the cloud internet hosting platform where your new cloud website hosting account will be created is known as LZ4 and it's applied by the cutting-edge ZFS file system which powers the system. The algorithm is a lot better than the ones other file systems work with as its compression ratio is much higher and it processes data significantly faster. The speed is most noticeable when content is being uncompressed since this happens faster than data can be read from a hard drive. Consequently, LZ4 improves the performance of each and every website located on a server that uses the algorithm. We use LZ4 in one more way - its speed and compression ratio make it possible for us to make a number of daily backup copies of the whole content of all accounts and store them for thirty days. Not only do these backup copies take less space, but also their generation will not slow the servers down like it can often happen with alternative file systems.
Data Compression in Semi-dedicated Hosting
The ZFS file system which runs on the cloud platform where your semi-dedicated hosting account will be created uses a powerful compression algorithm called LZ4. It is one of the best algorithms out there and positively the best one when it comes to compressing and uncompressing web content, as its ratio is very high and it'll uncompress data a lot faster than the same data can be read from a hard drive if it were uncompressed. That way, using LZ4 will accelerate any kind of site that runs on a platform where this algorithm is enabled. The high performance requires a lot of CPU processing time, which is provided by the numerous clusters working together as a part of our platform. Furthermore, LZ4 makes it possible for us to generate several backups of your content every day and keep them for one month as they will take a reduced amount of space than typical backups and will be generated much quicker without loading the servers.