Data compression is the reduction of the number of bits that need to be stored or transmitted and this particular process is very important in the internet hosting field since information filed on hard disk drives is generally compressed to take less space. You'll find many different algorithms for compressing data and they have different efficiency based upon the content. Many of them remove just the redundant bits, so that no data can be lost, while others erase unnecessary bits, which leads to worse quality once the particular data is uncompressed. This process consumes plenty of processing time, which means that an internet hosting server should be powerful enough so as to be able to compress and uncompress data instantly. One example how binary code can be compressed is by "remembering" that there are five sequential 1s, for example, as an alternative to storing all five 1s.

Data Compression in Shared Website Hosting

The compression algorithm employed by the ZFS file system which runs on our cloud hosting platform is known as LZ4. It can upgrade the performance of any Internet site hosted in a shared website hosting account with us because not only does it compress info more effectively than algorithms used by various other file systems, but it uncompresses data at speeds that are higher than the hard disk reading speeds. This is achieved by using a lot of CPU processing time, which is not a problem for our platform due to the fact that it uses clusters of powerful servers working together. A further advantage of LZ4 is that it allows us to create backup copies more speedily and on less disk space, so we shall have several daily backups of your databases and files and their generation will not change the performance of the servers. That way, we could always restore the content that you could have erased by mistake.

Data Compression in Semi-dedicated Hosting

In case you host your Internet sites in a semi-dedicated hosting account with our company, you can experience the advantages of LZ4 - the powerful compression algorithm used by the ZFS file system which is behind our advanced cloud Internet hosting platform. What separates LZ4 from all other algorithms out there is that it has an improved compression ratio and it is considerably faster, especially with regard to uncompressing website content. It does that even quicker than uncompressed info can be read from a hard disk drive, so your websites will perform better. The higher speed comes at the expense of using a considerable amount of CPU processing time, which is not a problem for our platform as it consists of numerous clusters working together. In combination with the superior performance, you'll also have multiple daily backups at your disposal, so you'll be able to recover any deleted content with a couple of clicks. The backup copies are available for an entire month and we can afford to store them since they take considerably less space than traditional backups.