Data Compression in Shared Website Hosting
The compression algorithm that we work with on the cloud internet hosting platform where your new shared website hosting account will be created is named LZ4 and it's applied by the state-of-the-art ZFS file system which powers the system. The algorithm is superior to the ones other file systems work with as its compression ratio is a lot higher and it processes data considerably quicker. The speed is most noticeable when content is being uncompressed as this happens at a faster rate than information can be read from a hard disk drive. As a result, LZ4 improves the performance of each website stored on a server which uses the algorithm. We use LZ4 in one more way - its speed and compression ratio make it possible for us to generate several daily backup copies of the entire content of all accounts and store them for thirty days. Not only do the backups take less space, but also their generation won't slow the servers down like it often happens with various other file systems.
Data Compression in Semi-dedicated Servers
The ZFS file system which runs on the cloud platform where your semi-dedicated server account will be created uses a powerful compression algorithm called LZ4. It is among the best algorithms out there and certainly the most efficient one when it comes to compressing and uncompressing website content, as its ratio is very high and it'll uncompress data much faster than the same data can be read from a hard drive if it were uncompressed. That way, using LZ4 will boost any Internet site that runs on a platform where the algorithm is enabled. The high performance requires a lot of CPU processing time, that is provided by the numerous clusters working together as a part of our platform. What's more, LZ4 enables us to generate several backups of your content every day and save them for a month as they'll take a smaller amount of space than regular backups and will be created much more quickly without loading the servers.