Tagged: plzip

gziptest.sh part 2: multi-threaded compression benchmarks

After Part 1 compression tests, I further improved my gziptest.sh script and added three other compression tools to the test, zip, lbzip2 and p7zip. Update: For a more recent live production compression comparison benchmark test between pigz vs gzip on dual Xeon E5520 with 8 physical cpu cores and 16...

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...

mysqlmybackup.sh – multi feature MySQL database backup and restore script with Percona XtraBackup & Mydumper tool support

mysqlmybackup.sh started out as a mysqldump based MySQL back up script which I started on June 20th, 2011. I compiled the script based on the modified MySQL mysqldump backup script by Vivek Gite and merged it with Zarafa.com script. Script Evolution: The script has since evolved from the original Vivek...