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>(for instance, I really don't understand why so few filesystems support transparent compression). Does anyone actually use this on Windows these days? I'm gu
by magduf 8y ago
>(for instance, I really don't understand why so few filesystems support transparent compression).
Does anyone actually use this on Windows these days? I'm guessing the reason so few filesystems support it now is because the gains aren't worth it for the types of files that take up most of the space on filesystems these days, such as video files. You can't compress x264 video with a general-purpose compression algorithm. Storage space is plentiful and cheap, and (general-purpose) compression yields little gains, and the stuff we're storing now is already compressed (images, video, audio, etc.).
- qalmakka 8y agoI have LZ4 compression enabled on ZFS, and not only it perceivably improves performances on slow drives (due to the lower amount of I/O), it saves actual storage space. An average OS install on hard drive is full of things such as executables and text files which summed up can amount to several gigabytes. These files compress pretty well in my experience, and even if it only amounts to saving a few GBs, it can still be crucial on small SSDs.