Compressing file system, NFS

From: notformail (notformail_at_jlab.org)
Date: 10/30/03 

Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2003 22:20:26 -0500

Is there any compressing file system available for FreeBSD 5.1-RELEASE (or
later; i386)?

The systems are running as file servers (NFS). Therefore the file system
needs to be NFS exportable. A userland NFS server or a modified kernel
based NFS server would do the trick, too. All I need is on-the-fly
decompression. Right now the files are already compressed with gzip. The
idea is to decompress the files on the servers so that the clients see only
the original files. The clients are busy with analyzing the data and must
not waste CPU time with decompression. The NICs are Gigabit cards. The
network transfer rate is not an issue here.

Before anybody tells me that disk space is cheap: the current set contains
6*8*200 Gbytes. GZIP gives me a factor 2.5, which I really need. Actually I
need more. ;-) Adding the difference in disks costs some 10,000 bucks.

I checked the FAQ, the mailing lists and searched through google, but could
not find any useful answer.

Thanks!

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