Data Compression in Cloud Website Hosting
The compression algorithm used by the ZFS file system which runs on our cloud web hosting platform is called LZ4. It can improve the performance of any site hosted in a cloud website hosting account on our end as not only does it compress data more effectively than algorithms used by various file systems, but it also uncompresses data at speeds that are higher than the hard disk reading speeds. This is achieved by using a great deal of CPU processing time, which is not a problem for our platform for the reason that it uses clusters of powerful servers working together. A further advantage of LZ4 is that it enables us to create backup copies more quickly and on less 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. That way, we can always restore the content that you may have erased by mistake.
Data Compression in Semi-dedicated Hosting
Your semi-dedicated hosting account will be created on a cloud platform that runs using the leading-edge ZFS file system. The latter uses a compression algorithm known as LZ4, that's a lot better than other algorithms with regard to compression ratio and speed. The gain is visible particularly when data is being uncompressed and not only is LZ4 quicker than other algorithms, but it is also faster in uncompressing data than a system is in reading from a hard drive. This is why sites running on a platform that uses LZ4 compression perform better because the algorithm is most effective when it processes compressible data i.e. site content. Another advantage of using LZ4 is that the backups of the semi-dedicated accounts that we keep require less space and they are generated a lot quicker, which enables us to have a couple of daily backups of your files and databases.