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webkul
webkul

Reputation: 2864

mod_deflate or mod_gzip, which should be used?

mod_deflate or mod_gzip, which should be used?

I read mod_gzip on better explained but want to know extra about mod_deflate.

Upvotes: 6

Views: 9767

Answers (2)

Daniel Trebbien
Daniel Trebbien

Reputation: 39238

You should read "Compressing Web Content with mod_gzip and mod_deflate" by Stephen Pierzchala.

From a pragmatic point of view, I suggest mod_deflate because it is easy to configure, well documented, and actively maintained. Also, a precompiled version of mod_deflate is more than likely available for your server. Apache may even come with mod_deflate, as is the case with the Windows installer and apache2.2-bin Debian package.

Upvotes: 5

Eduardo
Eduardo

Reputation: 4382

While looking for mod_deflate, I ended up reading this article, and this answer. For me, it boils down to add

AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/javascript text/css

on my .htaccess and that is it.

Upvotes: 0

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