Niger
Niger

Reputation:

Compressed and decompression column in mysql

I am trying to do compress/decompress while storing in mysql. Does it affect the performance?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 430

Answers (2)

Henrik P. Hessel
Henrik P. Hessel

Reputation: 36627

Yes, of course it does. But it might be not as bad as you think depending on several factors like your Hardware, the Compression Method and several other things.

Upvotes: 1

ZippyV
ZippyV

Reputation: 13028

Yes, compressing/decompressing data require more processing time.

Upvotes: 0

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