Alfresco File Compression

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cdfarcus

Hi,

We have a client who are inquiring us about a DMS and we recommended Alfresco Enterprise. One concern they have is the file compression capability of our offering.

Does Alfresco have a native file compression capability (in transit and/or on storage)? If yes, what's Alfresco's file compression ratio? If none, how do Alfesco handle huge files sitting on disk or in transit?

Thanks a lot!

mrogers

File compression is generally dealt with at the O.S. layer. i.e. content is stored on a compressed filesystem.      You can also have tiered storage so old or infrequently used content is on old slow compressed disks while your more important stuff is on a faster filesystem.

In a similar way files in transit will be compressed in many different ways to go over the physical connection.