Facebook open sources Zstandard compression algorithm and MyRocks storage engine – TechCrunch

Today, Facebook is releasing its Zstandard compression algorithm into the wild as open source. The lossless compression technology is aimed at replacing existing libraries like zlib that are powered by the outdated Deflate compression algorithm. In addition to Zstandard, Facebook is also dropping i…

Aug 31, 2016 ... Today, Facebook is releasing its Zstandard compression algorithm into the wild as open source. The lossless compression technology is aimed ...

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