The term data compression means lowering the number of bits of data that should be stored or transmitted. You can do this with or without losing data, which means that what will be deleted in the course of the compression can be either redundant data or unnecessary one. When the data is uncompressed subsequently, in the first case the information and its quality shall be identical, whereas in the second case the quality will be worse. There're different compression algorithms which are more effective for different kind of data. Compressing and uncompressing data in most cases takes lots of processing time, which means that the server performing the action must have enough resources in order to be able to process your data quick enough. One simple example how information can be compressed is to store just how many consecutive positions should have 1 and how many should have 0 within the binary code instead of storing the actual 1s and 0s.

Data Compression in Shared Hosting

The compression algorithm employed by the ZFS file system that runs on our cloud hosting platform is called LZ4. It can supercharge the performance of any Internet site hosted in a shared hosting account on our end since not only does it compress info significantly better than algorithms employed by various other file systems, but also uncompresses data at speeds which are higher than the hard disk drive reading speeds. This is achieved by using a lot of CPU processing time, that is not a problem for our platform because it uses clusters of powerful servers working together. A further advantage of LZ4 is that it enables us to create backup copies more speedily and on less disk space, so we will have multiple daily backups of your databases and files and their generation won't change the performance of the servers. That way, we could always restore all the content that you could have removed by accident.

Data Compression in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you host your websites in a semi-dedicated hosting account from our firm, you will be able to experience the advantages of LZ4 - the powerful compression algorithm employed by the ZFS file system which is behind our advanced cloud Internet hosting platform. What distinguishes LZ4 from all other algorithms out there is that it has a higher compression ratio and it is much quicker, particularly when it comes to uncompressing web content. It does that even quicker than uncompressed data can be read from a hard disk drive, so your sites will perform better. The higher speed is at the expense of using a lot of CPU processing time, that is not an issue for our platform since it consists of a lot of clusters working together. Besides the improved performance, you will also have multiple daily backup copies at your disposal, so you can restore any deleted content with just a couple of clicks. The backup copies are available for an entire month and we can afford to store them since they need significantly less space than traditional backups.