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Remember when it was a big deal if you chose .zip, .rar, or 7z, etc? Now we all have so much bandwidth it doesn't matter. (self.showerthoughts)
submitted 5 months ago by Willy to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 41 points 5 months ago (1 children)

For a few hundred kilobyte file sure, the difference is like pocket change. For a larger one you'd choose the right tool for the job though, especially for things like a split archive or a database.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Username checks out! Also you're absolutely right, just last month I was looking for the best compression algorithm/packages to archive a 70gb DB

[–] Willy 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

What did you find?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

I ended up with xz. According to this page it's the one with the best compression ratio. It's also the slowest but since it was one off I didn't mind about it.