On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 5:32 PM, Guy Dalziel <[email protected]> wrote: > As you can see the LZMA compression time is quite abysmal, and I > certainly wouldn't want to use it as my default compression format. Sure > as speeds increase the times becomes less noticeable, but I think > expecting everyone to use a single format is completely one dimensional. > Each format has its particular uses, and LZMA or LZMA based algorithms I > would only regard as useful in regards to decompression, and in this > test 100MB has been saved for only 1 extra minute decompression. > However, I wouldn't touch it with a barge pole for compressing my system > backups. It has imporved, and it is very useful for backups. Also, a faster decompresion time than bzip, too. I don't think you use a fast system, I do.
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