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Nimbostratusbest file types to apply compression
when studying the web acceleration,I come to a point when someone said that there's certain types of files in which applying compression is useless such as videos and images,while others are very useful such as text and html. I want to know is this true and why
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youssef1Cumulonimbus
Hi Basem,
Did you see this post "What is the best HTTP Compression profile settings?":
https://devcentral.f5.com/questions/what-is-the-best-http-compression-profile-settings
there is information that might interest you.
Regards
ka1021_129079Altocumulus
It is always better to go for non-natively compressed files such as xml, json, htc, plain text. Where as natively compressed files such as gif, png should be avoided as they end up in increasing CPU usage and sometimes file size as well.
Basem_Mukhtar_3does this mean that compression is more effective with html than videos or images?
ka1021Altostratus
It is always better to go for non-natively compressed files such as xml, json, htc, plain text. Where as natively compressed files such as gif, png should be avoided as they end up in increasing CPU usage and sometimes file size as well.
- Basem_Mukhtar_3
does this mean that compression is more effective with html than videos or images?
