bzip2 vs pigz
A side-by-side look at bzip2 and pigz. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.
bzip2
Os & Utilities
bzip2 is an open-source, lossless data compression program that uses the Burrows-Wheeler algorithm and Huffman coding. It is known for achieving very good compression ratios compared to the older compression utilities.
compressionburrowswheelerhuffman-codingopen-source
pigz
Os & Utilities
pigz is a parallel implementation of gzip that utilizes multiple CPU cores for compression and decompression. It can achieve much faster speeds than standard gzip on systems with multiple cores.
parallelgzipcompressiondecompressionmulticore