Clay Barnes wrote: >Forgive me if this has been answered recently, but I haven't gotten my >last two dozen e-mails for today yet. > >Regarding the compression plugin, what sort of compression can one >expect from it? I know that compression of files like bz2 will vary (in >that they'll be essentially uncompressed) from source/text files >(excellent compression). A rough estimate from someone's experience >using on mixed files it would help. > >Also: Is the algorithm set in stone? If so what is it? If not, what >is it now/expected to be? > > It is lzo1. There are multiple compression algorithms to choose from, one of them is gzip (more cpu but better compression). lzo1 gets > 50% on text and executables and nothing on mp3s and video.
>Thanks, >Clay Barnes > > > >
