Carsten Aulbert wrote: > > Hi all > > > > Bill Broadley wrote: >> >> Another example: >> >> http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?t=11670 >> >> >> >> 7zip compress: 19:41 >> >> Bzip2 compress: 8:56 >> >> Gzip compress: 3:00 >> >> >> >> Again 7zip is a factor of 6 and change slower than gzip. > > > > Have you looked into threaded/parallel bzip2? > >
If you can parallelize compression, has anyone done any work using a GPU to do this? Maybe there's a CUDA-fied gzip/bzip2/7sip out there. IF that was the case, a cheap video card could do the trick, assuming the machines in question have slots/space for such a video card. I'm googling now, but not finding anything. :( It was just a thought... -- Prentice _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
