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Parallelizing BZIP2 for SMP machines

by ikm

This program parallelizes the BZIP2 compression process to achieve a near-linear performance increase on SMP machines. On a two-processor Xeon machine, the speedup is around 180%. The tool's main purpose is to aid performing heavy-duty server backups.


http://bzip2smp.sourceforge.net

Backup, Compression

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