Re: File system compression, not at the block layer

[Pavel Machek]

Hi!

> > 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? ;)

Its too high level, and if you want compression but not encryption
that's tricky to do.

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

Well... but that's due to nfs being broken, right?
								Pavel
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