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Btrfs already supports multithreaded compression and decompression. Each 128 KB block is (de)compressed with a single thread, but multiple blocks can be (de)com
by terrelln 8y ago
Btrfs already supports multithreaded compression and decompression. Each 128 KB block is (de)compressed with a single thread, but multiple blocks can be (de)compressed in parallel.
The zstd CLI supports multithreaded compression with the flag `-T <num-threads>`.
- shmerl 8y agoGood to know, thanks! Can you add that info to btrfs wiki compression page, please[1]? 1. https://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Compression https://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Compression