Best zip compression level for JSON or text files?

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Jérôme Verstrynge picture Jérôme Verstrynge · Mar 22, 2011 · Viewed 8.4k times · Source

Has anyone performed some tests (size and speed) for the selection of the 'best' compression level of the Java zip deflater, to be used on general/miscellaneous JSON or text files? If yes which level do you recommend? Thanks.

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Jérôme Verstrynge picture Jérôme Verstrynge · Aug 4, 2011

I could not find a precise answer to this question, but someone came with something close enough.

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