Data compression is the reduction of the number of bits which should be stored or transmitted and this process is very important in the web hosting field as info located on hard disks is generally compressed so as to take less space. You can find many different algorithms for compressing data and they provide different effectiveness based upon the content. A number of them remove only the redundant bits, so that no data will be lost, while others delete unnecessary bits, which results in worse quality when the particular data is uncompressed. This method requires a lot of processing time, therefore a web hosting server has to be powerful enough so as to be able to compress and uncompress data in real time. One example how binary code could be compressed is by "remembering" that there are five consecutive 1s, for example, in contrast to storing all five 1s.

Data Compression in Cloud Hosting

The compression algorithm used by the ZFS file system that runs on our cloud web hosting platform is named LZ4. It can improve the performance of any Internet site hosted in a cloud hosting account on our end since not only does it compress info significantly better than algorithms used by other file systems, but it also uncompresses data at speeds which are higher than the hard disk reading speeds. This can be done by using a lot of CPU processing time, that is not a problem for our platform owing to the fact that it uses clusters of powerful servers working together. One more advantage of LZ4 is that it enables us to generate backup copies more rapidly and on lower disk space, so we will have a couple of daily backups of your files and databases and their generation will not change the performance of the servers. That way, we can always restore any kind of content that you could have removed by accident.

Data Compression in Semi-dedicated Hosting

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