Hi All,
Just to share a finding. There is a difference between terms "Archive" and "Compression".
Archive - only makes a single file out of multiple files, it doesn't do compression. e.g. tar file (Tape archive)
Compression - Compress the multiple files into a single file and hence reduce the size. e.g. zip/gzip file.
By definition it is obvious that a compressed file will consume less space than archive file for same set of multiple files. And hence will consume less time in transferring.
Let us clear it with an example: We have a folder named "oracle" of size 21 MB.
A- Comparison of Size
Original folder (oracle) (size 21 MB)
1- oracle.tar is created (Size 21 MB)
2- oracle.zip is created (size 1252 KB)
3- oracle.tar.gz is created (size 1230 KB)
B- Comparison of Transfer Rate
Transfer time was minimum for oracle.tar.gz (Refer Transfer.png)
C- Difference between zip compression and gzip compression
zip stores MSDOS attributes while gzip (after tar) stores unix file attributes
I use zip for build transfer on server for Oracle/Weblogic and it works fine. tar.gz can also be adopted.
Just to share a finding. There is a difference between terms "Archive" and "Compression".
Archive - only makes a single file out of multiple files, it doesn't do compression. e.g. tar file (Tape archive)
Compression - Compress the multiple files into a single file and hence reduce the size. e.g. zip/gzip file.
By definition it is obvious that a compressed file will consume less space than archive file for same set of multiple files. And hence will consume less time in transferring.
Let us clear it with an example: We have a folder named "oracle" of size 21 MB.
A- Comparison of Size
Original folder (oracle) (size 21 MB)
1- oracle.tar is created (Size 21 MB)
2- oracle.zip is created (size 1252 KB)
3- oracle.tar.gz is created (size 1230 KB)
B- Comparison of Transfer Rate
Transfer time was minimum for oracle.tar.gz (Refer Transfer.png)
C- Difference between zip compression and gzip compression
zip stores MSDOS attributes while gzip (after tar) stores unix file attributes
I use zip for build transfer on server for Oracle/Weblogic and it works fine. tar.gz can also be adopted.
