Re: File system compression, not at the block layer

[Jörn Engel]

On Wed, 28 April 2004 18:57:08 -0400, Timothy Miller wrote:
> 
> I've always felt that way, but every time I mention it, people tell me 
> it's not worth the CPU overhead.  For many years, I have felt that there 
> should be an IP socket type which was inherently compressed.

Ever heard of ssh? ;)

Depending on speed of network and cpus involved, scp can be faster
than nfs.

Jörn

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