lzo zlib non-compress 5GBytes total time(sec) 238 464 252 total time ratio(%) 94.4 184.1 100 output size(KBytes) 4812695 4771490 5156005 compression size ratio(%) 93.2 92.4 100 7.5GBytes total time(sec) 358 685 376 total time ratio(%) 95.2 182.1 100 output size(KBytes) 7193681 7130501 7782665 compression size ratio(%) 92.4 91.6 100 10GBytes total time(sec) 493 929 527 total time ratio(%) 93.5 176.3 100 output size(KBytes) 9980424 9932498 10460825 compression size ratio(%) 95.4 94.9 100 [about sample data] Sample data is random, and it has deviation in compression ratio. I show the number of pages below which were compressed. (See attached patch "compressed_page_report.patch") lzo zlib 5GByte compressed page 120052 122238 non-compressed page 1505548 1503362 compression page ratio(%) 7.39 7.52 7.5GByte compressed page 206481 209758 non-compressed page 2071919 2068642 compression page ratio(%) 9.06 9.21 10GByte compressed page 160327 161229 non-compressed page 2783673 2782771 compression page ratio(%) 5.45 5.48