Data Compression in Hosting
The compression algorithm used by the ZFS file system that runs on our cloud internet hosting platform is named LZ4. It can improve the performance of any site hosted in a hosting account on our end since not only does it compress data much better than algorithms used by various other file systems, but it also uncompresses data at speeds which are higher than the hard drive reading speeds. This can be done by using a great deal of CPU processing time, which is not a problem for our platform because it uses clusters of powerful servers working together. One more advantage of LZ4 is that it allows us to create backup copies more speedily and on lower disk space, so we will have multiple daily backups of your databases and files and their generation won't affect the performance of the servers. This way, we can always recover the content that you may have deleted by accident.
Data Compression in Semi-dedicated Servers
In case you host your Internet sites in a semi-dedicated server account from our firm, you'll be able to experience the advantages of LZ4 - the powerful compression algorithm employed by the ZFS file system which is behind our advanced cloud Internet hosting platform. What distinguishes LZ4 from all other algorithms out there is that it has a higher compression ratio and it is considerably faster, especially with regard to uncompressing web content. It does that even faster than uncompressed data can be read from a hard disk drive, so your websites will perform better. The higher speed comes at the expense of using a great deal of CPU processing time, that's not an issue for our platform as it consists of a large number of clusters working together. Along with the superior performance, you will also have multiple daily backup copies at your disposal, so you'll be able to recover any deleted content with several clicks. The backups are available for an entire month and we can afford to store them as they take considerably less space than conventional backups.