Re: beta3

On Mar 20 Nov 2001 12:16, Tom Lane wrote:
>
> As an experiment, I zipped my current PG source tree with both.  (This
> isn't an exact test of the distribution size, because I didn't bother
> to get rid of the CVS control files, but it's pretty close.)
>
> Original tar file:      37089280 bytes
> gzip -9:         8183182 bytes
> bzip2:             6762638 bytes
>
> or slightly less than a 20% savings for bzip over gzip.  That's useful,
> but not exactly compelling.  A comparison of unzip runtime also seems
> relevant:
>
> $ time gunzip pgsql.tar.gz
>
> real    0m5.48s
> user    0m4.46s
> sys     0m0.62s
>
> $ time bunzip2 pgsql.tar.bz2
>
> real    0m27.77s
> user    0m26.50s
> sys     0m0.92s
>
> If I'd downloaded this thing over a decent DSL or cable modem line,
> bzip2 would actually be a net loss in total download + uncompress time.

That would be if I have a decent DSL or cable modem. We have a dedicated line 
of 756 kb, but we also have 3000 users. Maybe postgreSQL isn't that big, but 
Mozilla or KDE are, and waiting for la large download isn't what I recommend 
for an internet experience. :-)

> <editorial>
> The reason bzip is still an also-ran is that it's not enough better
> than gzip to have persuaded people to switch over.  My bet is that
> bzip will always be an also-ran, and that gzip will remain the de
> facto standard until something comes along that's really significantly
> better, like a factor of 2 better.  I've watched this sort of game
> play out before, and I know you don't take over the world with a 20%
> improvement over the existing standard.  At least not without other
> compelling reasons, like speed (oops) or patent freedom (no win there
> either).
> </editorial>

I think it comes to what CPU I'm using. If I'm on an old Pentium, I may not 
be happy seeing unbzip2 grabbing all my CPU, but if I'm on a last generation 
PIV of, lets say 1000Mhz, I may not feel it.

Saludos... :-)

-- 
Porqué usar una base de datos relacional cualquiera,
si podés usar PostgreSQL?
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