Data compression is the lowering of the number of bits that should be saved or transmitted and the process is quite important in the internet hosting field since information located on hard disks is typically compressed to take less space. There are various algorithms for compressing info and they offer different effectiveness depending on the content. A number of them remove only the redundant bits, so no data will be lost, while others remove unneeded bits, which leads to worse quality when the particular data is uncompressed. The method consumes plenty of processing time, so an internet hosting server has to be powerful enough so as to be able to compress and uncompress data instantly. An instance how binary code may be compressed is by "remembering" that there are five sequential 1s, for example, as an alternative to storing all five 1s.

Data Compression in Cloud Web Hosting

The compression algorithm used by the ZFS file system that runs on our cloud hosting platform is called LZ4. It can enhance the performance of any site hosted in a cloud web hosting account on our end as not only does it compress info much better than algorithms employed by alternative file systems, but it uncompresses data at speeds which are higher than the hard disk drive reading speeds. This can be done by using a lot of CPU processing time, which is not a problem for our platform because it uses clusters of powerful servers working together. One more advantage of LZ4 is that it allows us to create backup copies much more quickly and on reduced disk space, so we can have a couple of daily backups of your databases and files and their generation won't change the performance of the servers. This way, we could always restore all of 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 used by the ZFS file system which is behind our advanced cloud hosting platform. What separates LZ4 from all the other algorithms out there is that it has a better compression ratio and it is considerably faster, particularly when it comes to uncompressing web content. It does that even faster than uncompressed info can be read from a hard disk drive, so your websites will perform faster. The higher speed comes at the expense of using a considerable amount of CPU processing time, which is not an issue for our platform since it consists of numerous clusters working together. Together with the better performance, you'll also have multiple daily backup copies at your disposal, so you could recover any deleted content with just a few clicks. The backups are available for an entire month and we can afford to store them since they need a lot less space than ordinary backups.