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J icomment We\shave\sa\spotential\suse\scase\s(trying\sto\sconsolidate\s1000's\sof\stiny\sfiles,\swhich\smany\sparallel\sfilesystems\slike\sGPFS\shave\sproblems\swith)\sinto\ssqlar\sarchives,\sand\sthere\swould\slikely\sbe\sthousands\sof\ssqlar\sarchives\s(it's\sstoring\sscience\swork\son\sour\sHPC\scluster).\r\n\r\nIt\swould\sbe\suseful\sif\ssqlar\ssupported\sxz\s(for\sspace),\sZstd\s(for\sspeed),\sor\sno\scompression\soptions,\sat\sleast\son\sa\sper-sqlar\sarchive\sbasis.\r\n\r\nAs\sa\sstretch\sgoal,\sit\swould\sbe\suseful\sif\sthe\scompression\swas\sspecifiable\son\sa\sper-file\sbasis,\sand\sthe\ssqlar\scommand\swould\sgive\soptions\sfor\schanging\sthe\scompression\sof\sa\sfile\sor\sarchive.\s\s\sThat\sway,\sresearchers\scould\sstore\stheir\simmediate\sresults\swith\sno\scompression/Zstd\sfor\sspeed,\sand\swhen\sspare\scycles\sare\savailable\swe\scould\srun\sa\sscript\sto\srecompress\sthe\sarchive\swith\sxz\sto\sreduce\slong-term\sstorage\susage.
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J private_contact 4bc2781e7dbfc4608a75b13bd6057fede0171ed0
J severity Minor
J status Open
J title Feature\sRequest:\s\s\sXZ,\sZstd,\sand/or\sno\scompression\soptions
J type Feature_Request
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