mod_deflate or mod_gzip, which should be used?

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webkul picture webkul · Jul 4, 2010 · Viewed 9.5k times · Source

mod_deflate or mod_gzip, which should be used?

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

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Daniel Trebbien picture Daniel Trebbien · Jul 4, 2010

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.

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