Stories
Slash Boxes
Comments

SoylentNews is people

SoylentNews is powered by your submissions, so send in your scoop. Only 17 submissions in the queue.

Which Compression Format to Use for Archiving?

posted by martyb on Thursday September 12 2019, @07:22PM   Printer-friendly
from the it-depends dept.

canopic jug writes:

Web developer Ukiah Smith wrote a blog post about which compression format to use when archiving. Obviously the algorithm must be lossless but beyond that he sets some criteria and then evaluates how some of the more common methods line up.

After some brainstorming I have arrived with a set of criteria that I believe will help ensure my data is safe while using compression.

  • The compression tool must be opensource.
  • The compression format must be open.
  • The tool must be popular enough to be supported by the community.
  • Ideally there would be multiple implementations.
  • The format must be resilient to data loss.

Some formats I am looking at are zip, 7zip, rar, xz, bzip2, tar.

He closes by mentioning error correction. That has become more important than most acknowledge due to the large size of data files, the density of storage, and the propensity for bits to flip.

Original Submission

 
This discussion has been archived. No new comments can be posted.
Which Compression Format to Use for Archiving? | Log In/Create an Account | Top | 100 comments | Search Discussion
Display Options Threshold/Breakthrough Mark All as Read Mark All as Unread
The Fine Print: The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. We are not responsible for them in any way.

  • (Score: -1, Spam) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 13 2019, @12:00AM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 13 2019, @12:00AM (#893430)

    I saw you fail against apk https://soylentnews.org/comments.pl?noupdate=1&sid=33430&page=1&cid=889582#commentwrap [soylentnews.org] and none of your bs worked. Huge fail for you. The biggest being the end of it where you try blame apk for stalking you but you are quoted years before showing you do and instigate others to also. Pitiful barb. Especially your fail on hosts punycode against unicode rare entries and on C/C++ fails in speed and security vs. pascal apk used for his hosts program.

    Starting Score:    0  points
    Moderation   -1  
       Spam=1, Total=1
    Extra 'Spam' Modifier   0  
    Total Score:   -1  

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 13 2019, @12:05AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 13 2019, @12:05AM (#893433)

    You're autistic.

    • (Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 13 2019, @01:57AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 13 2019, @01:57AM (#893474)
      I think you spelled "batshit crazy " wrong.