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Which Compression Tool Should I Use for my Database Backups? (Part II: Decompression)

Analysis of different compression tools: Compression ratio vs decompression speed

On my post last week, I analysed some of the most common compression tools and formats, and its compression speed and ratio. While that could give us a good idea of the performance of those tools, the analysis would be

Which Compression Tool Should I Use for my Database Backups? (Part I: Compression)

This week we are talking about size, which is a subject that should matter to any system administrator in charge of the backup system of any project, and in particular database backups. I sometimes get questions about what should be