We could save petabytes of cache storage with Zstandard and Pingora

Could we get more cache space with the same hardware? We prototyped compression inside Cloudflare's cache to find out.
119 points by torutofu 51 days ago blog.cloudflare.com 54 comments

Summary

Cloudflare tested a new compression method in its cache to determine if it can increase storage efficiency without additional hardware. The results could have significant implications for managing data storage costs.

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