Re: [freenet-devl] integrating zlib compression into freenet

[Chris Anderson]

On 28 Apr 2001, Mr.Bad wrote:

> >>>>> "CA" == Chris Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> 
>     CA> It's a simple eq, compress time + xfer time( compressed data )
>     CA> vs xfer time( data ).  
> 
> It's an oversimplified eq. That's not necessarily true at all.
> 
>     CA> If you get 50% compression you save 50% of xfer time, 
> 
> If you're talking about a packet-based system (hello IP), you're
> probably going to get about the same time for sending 1K of data as
> for sending 4 or 8K.
> 
> So, the equation becomes, for sufficiently small data values, compress
> time + const xfer time vs. const xfer time.
> 
> Of course, once again, feel free to prove me wrong.
> 

No, I agree.  In addition, there is usually a several K window size in
software based compressors, so the const xfer time is especially true in
that case.


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