Changes between Version 9 and Version 10 of FileCompression


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Dec 23, 2008, 2:06:26 PM (15 years ago)
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davea
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  • FileCompression

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    56 This will add the content encoding to the header so that the client will decompress the file automatically. This method has the advantage of reducing server disk usage and server CPU load, but it will only work with 5.4+ clients. Use the 'min_core_version' field of the app_version table to enforce this. You can use this in conjunction because the mod_deflate module allows you to exempt certain filetypes from on-the-fly compression.
     55and restart apache.
     56This will add the content encoding to the header so that the client will decompress the file automatically.
     57This method has the advantage of reducing server disk usage and server CPU load,
     58but it will only work with 5.4+ clients.
     59Use the 'min_core_version' field of the app_version table to enforce this.
     60You can use this in conjunction because the mod_deflate module
     61allows you to exempt certain filetypes from on-the-fly compression.
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    5863Both methods store files uncompressed on the client. If you need compression on the client, you must do it at the application level. The BOINC source distribution includes a version of the zip library designed for use by BOINC applications on any platform (see below).