Archive Compression

[david....@nasa.gov]

Would there be any great consequences changing the default value of
the archive compression ratio in the setup? Would it help archive
speed?

Thanks

[James Bretz]

Hi David,

> Would there be any great consequences changing the default value of
> the archive compression ratio in the setup? Would it help archive
> speed?

The system simply uses pkzip to compress the files, so I would imagine
anything that applies to a normal file would apply to an Iads archive as
well.

The usual behavior is: The longer it takes to compress, the smaller the
resultant files.... and the converse... the faster it takes to compress, the
larger the resultant files.

Of course, this is just a rule of thumb, but it holds true most of the time,
Jim

[david....@nasa.gov]

I forgot your not compressing during archive.