Data compression is the decrease of the number of bits that should be stored or transmitted and this process is quite important in the internet hosting field due to the fact that data recorded on hard disk drives is usually compressed to take less space. You can find various algorithms for compressing information and they provide different efficiency depending on the content. A lot of them remove only the redundant bits, so that no data will be lost, while others remove unnecessary bits, which results in worse quality when the data is uncompressed. This process requires a lot of processing time, therefore a hosting server needs to be powerful enough in order to be able to compress and uncompress data instantly. One example how binary code can be compressed is by "remembering" that there're five sequential 1s, for example, as an alternative to storing all five 1s.

Data Compression in Cloud Hosting

The compression algorithm employed by the ZFS file system that runs on our cloud internet hosting platform is named LZ4. It can upgrade the performance of any site hosted in a cloud hosting account with us as not only does it compress data more efficiently than algorithms employed by various file systems, but it also uncompresses data at speeds that are higher than the hard drive reading speeds. This can be done by using a lot of CPU processing time, that is not a problem for our platform because it uses clusters of powerful servers working together. An additional advantage of LZ4 is that it enables us to generate backups quicker and on lower disk space, so we shall have multiple daily backups of your files and databases and their generation won't change the performance of the servers. This way, we could always restore all the content that you may have deleted by accident.

Data Compression in Semi-dedicated Hosting

In case you host your websites in a semi-dedicated hosting account with our company, you'll be able to experience the advantages of LZ4 - the powerful compression algorithm used by the ZFS file system which is behind our advanced cloud web hosting platform. What distinguishes LZ4 from all other algorithms out there is that it has a better compression ratio and it is considerably faster, particularly when it comes to uncompressing website content. It does that even faster than uncompressed data can be read from a hard drive, so your sites will perform faster. The higher speed comes at the expense of using a great deal of CPU processing time, that's not a problem for our platform because it consists of a lot of clusters working together. In combination with the better performance, you will also have multiple daily backup copies at your disposal, so you can recover any deleted content with just a couple of clicks. The backups are available for a whole month and we can afford to keep them because they take a lot less space compared to traditional backups.