Re: Is there anything special about pg_dump's compression?

From: Andrew Sullivan <ajs(at)crankycanuck(dot)ca>
To: pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Is there anything special about pg_dump's compression?
Date: 2007-11-15 16:11:38
Message-ID: 20071115161138.GI20228@crankycanuck.ca
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On Thu, Nov 15, 2007 at 11:05:44AM -0500, Jean-David Beyer wrote:
> Does pg_dump's compression do anything really special that it is not likely
> the tape drive already does? The drive claims 2:1 compression for average
> data (e.g., not already compressed stuff like .jpeg files).

It's zlib, if I recall correctly. So probably not.

A

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