gziptest.sh – parallel compression benchmark tests: gzip vs bzip2 vs pigz vs pbzip2 vs lzip vs plzip
A Cpanel feature request thread came up for inclusion for pigz a parallel multi-threaded implementation of gzip which dramatically speeds up compression. Update: Part 2 compression benchmarks have been posted here. Pigz definitely does speed up compression times, I implemented parallel multi-threaded versions of gzip and bzip2 – pigz and...
