Re: Features

From: Gregory Maxwell <nullc@dont-contact.us>
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 1997 08:51:25 -0500 (EST)

Disk space = Cheap
Cpu = Cheap
Ram = Cheap
Bandwidth = Very expensive to WOW thats quite very expensive.

Some people could prob use disk compression... Most dont need it..
Almost everyone could use Intercache compression..

I'd also like to add: It would be nice if savvy browsers could also make
compressed connections..

On Mon, 24 Nov 1997, Umar Goldeli wrote:

> Err... decompressed for transmission?
>
> It would be better to compress for transmission and store uncompressed (or
> even compressed).. basically the important bit is to save on bandwidth..
> after all - regardless of the CPU hit, it's *much* cheaper to get more RAM
> and CPU in the long run..
>
> --Umar
>
> > ZLIB is the obvious thing to use. At it's simplest, a cache item could be compressed
> > before storage, and decompressed for transmission.
>
Received on Mon Nov 24 1997 - 06:17:20 MST

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