Same motivation of using it as for making it the default. I am not aware
of any downside to it. It's become pretty standard across all
installations I've worked with for years.
Asking because I am no oracle on the matter. I could just be ignorant of
some issue, but, given my current understanding, there is no downside
for the average case.
Christopher wrote:
Sorry. I wasn't clear. I understand the motivation for using it... I'm
asking about the motivation for making it the default.
Since both are available, I'm not sure the default matters *that* much, but
it could be an unexpected change for those preferring GZ.
Also, are there any risks regarding library availability of snappy? GZ is
pretty ubiquitous.
On Sat, Aug 13, 2016 at 10:59 PM Josh Elser<[email protected]> wrote:
Uhh, besides what I already mentioned? (close in compressed size but
"much" faster)
Christopher wrote:
What's the motivation for changing it?
On Sat, Aug 13, 2016 at 10:47 PM Josh Elser<[email protected]>
wrote:
Any reason we don't want to do this? Last rule-of-thumb I heard was that
snappy is often close enough in compression to GZ but quite a bit faster
(I don't remember exactly how much).
- Josh
