Scott Carey <scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > There are a handful of other compression algorithms very similar to LZO in > performance / compression level under various licenses. > LZO is just the best known and most widely used. And after we get done with the license question, we need to ask about patents. The compression area is just a minefield of patents. gzip is known to avoid all older patents (and would be pretty solid prior art against newer ones). I'm far less confident about lesser-known systems. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance
