Re: Are there plans to add data compression feature to postgresql?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pgsql-general-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org [mailto:pgsql-general-
> owner(at)postgresql(dot)org] On Behalf Of Ivan Voras
> Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 3:28 PM
> To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Are there plans to add data compression feature
> to postgresql?
>
> Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> > Craig Ringer wrote:
> >> So - it's potentially even worth compressing the wire protocol for
> use
> >> on a 100 megabit LAN if a lightweight scheme like LZO can be used.
> >
> > LZO is under the GPL though.
>
> But liblzf is BSD-style.
>
> http://www.goof.com/pcg/marc/liblzf.html

Here is a 64 bit windows port of that library:
http://cap.connx.com/chess-engines/new-approach/liblzf34.zip

It has fantastic compression/decompression speed (100 MB well under a second to either compress or decompress) and I see about 50% compression.