Depository data compression is implemented on the PostgreSQL platform. It optimizes its structure and reduces its size several times. It is no longer possible to write to the compressed depository (not even with the arcsynchro utility). Data compression is available in D2000 version 21 and higher. Setting the parameter TrezorCompress = 1 enables compression of depository data after the depository is disconnected.
Even older depositories can be compressed "manually" using the TREZOR COMPRESS command. The opposite process is also supported - decompression using the TREZOR DECOMPRESS command.
The reading speed from compressed depositories is comparable to uncompressed ones. In some borderline cases (reading a specific value in time), compressed depositories may be slower. In other cases, reading compressed data may be faster (depending on the speed/usage ratio of the I/O subsystem and a processor). In addition, data compression allows you to store more data in memory (in the operating system cache and PostgreSQL).
It is possible to test working with compressed depositories. Setting the parameter TrezorCompressKeep = 1 causes tables with compressed data (CDATA, DATA0) to be created during compression, but the original table (DATA) is not deleted. After compression, the compressed data is then read. Using the TREZOR DECOMPRESS command, it is possible to return very quickly to the original structure of the depository, as it is not necessary to perform decompression, but simply delete the tables with compressed data.
Practical tests have shown that data compression in the depository is faster if the data is previously reorganized. Therefore, there is a TrezorCompressReorg parameter that is preset to 1 and that activates data reorganization before compression.
The list of depositories with the LIST_TREZOR command shows the cps flag for compressed depositories:
Received TELL command : LIST_TREZOR
List all
List of existing trezors:
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ID | Data start(UTC)| Data end(UTC) | Status |
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0134 31-05-2020 22:00 30-06-2020 22:00 being used for writing
0133 30-04-2020 22:00 31-05-2020 22:00 mounted read-only cps
0132 31-03-2020 22:00 30-04-2020 22:00 mounted read-only cps
0131 29-02-2020 23:00 31-03-2020 22:00 mounted read-only
0130 31-01-2020 23:00 29-02-2020 23:00 mounted read-only
TrezorCompress - parameter activates depository data compression. Data is compressed when the depository is disconnected.
The parameter can be changed online, by the SET_OPTION TrezorCompress command.
To delete the compressed data and to keep the original uncompressed data, follow these steps:
- Use the SET_OPTION TrezorCompressKeep OFF command to set the value of the TrezorCompressKeep parameter to 0.
- Use the TREZOR DECOMPRESS command to decompress the depository data (decompression will take place quickly, as only tables with compressed data will be deleted - CDATA, DATA0).
To keep the compressed data and delete the original uncompressed data, follow these steps:
- Use the TREZOR DECOMPRESS command to decompress the depository data (decompression will take place quickly, as only the depository will be marked as decompressed. Thanks to the value of the parameter TrezorCompressKeep = 1, the tables CDATA and DATA0 with compressed data will not be deleted).
- Use the SET_OPTION TrezorCompressKeep OFF command to set the value of the TrezorCompressKeep parameter to 0.
- Use the TREZOR COMPRESS command to compress the depository data (compression will take place quickly, as the existing data in the compressed data tables will be used). Compression will delete the original data table with uncompressed data (DATA).
TrezorCompressReorg - reorganization of the depository data before compression. This parameter has a default value of 1 - in practice, it turns out that it is more efficient and faster to reorganize the data first (by an SQL command CLUSTER DATA) and then compress them. A value of 0 disables reorganization of the depository data before compression. Disabling reorganization before compression is not recommended.
The parameter can be changed online, by the SET_OPTION TrezorCompressReorg command.
TrezorCompressOrder - the parameter refers to reading from depositories with compressed data. This parameter indicates whether time sorting is required when reading data from a compressed depository. Since the data is sorted during compression, it is possible to leave the parameter at 0 by default, which speeds up reading from the compressed vault (ORDER BY clause is omitted)
The parameter can be changed online, by the SET_OPTION TrezorCompressOrder command.