A parallel implementation of gzip for modern multi-processor, multi-core machines -- http://zlib.net/pigz/
$ time pigz foo.tar
0m7.54s real 0m28.43s user 0m1.48s system
$ time gzip foo.tar
0m29.03s real 0m26.71s user 0m0.83s system
I hope I got all the port bits right.
Mmkay?
pigz-2.3.tar.gz
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