: Achieves near-linear speedup based on the number of processors.
PBZIP2 is a multi-threaded version of the standard file compressor. It is designed to significantly speed up compression and decompression by utilizing multiple CPU cores simultaneously on SMP machines. Key Technical Features
pbzip2 - parallel bzip2 file compressor, v1.1.9 - Ubuntu Manpages
Historically limited, though some versions support redirection
: Output is fully compatible with bzip2 v1.0.2 or newer, meaning files compressed with PBZIP2 can be opened by standard bzip2 tools.
: Users can manually set the number of processors using the -p switch and limit memory usage with the -m switch. Common Commands
Sf Pbzip -
: Achieves near-linear speedup based on the number of processors.
PBZIP2 is a multi-threaded version of the standard file compressor. It is designed to significantly speed up compression and decompression by utilizing multiple CPU cores simultaneously on SMP machines. Key Technical Features SF PBzip
pbzip2 - parallel bzip2 file compressor, v1.1.9 - Ubuntu Manpages : Achieves near-linear speedup based on the number
Historically limited, though some versions support redirection v1.1.9 - Ubuntu Manpages
Historically limited
: Output is fully compatible with bzip2 v1.0.2 or newer, meaning files compressed with PBZIP2 can be opened by standard bzip2 tools.
: Users can manually set the number of processors using the -p switch and limit memory usage with the -m switch. Common Commands