Compressing Web Content

Posted by dave on Apr 26, 2004 7:56 AM EDT
Linux Journal; By Stephen Pierzchala
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Compressing Web content can produce a much faster site for users. Here's how to set it up and measure your success. Reducing costs is a key consideration for every IT budget. One of the items looked at most closely is the cost of a company's bandwidth. Using content compression on a Web site is one way to reduce both bandwidth needs and cost. With that in mind, this article examines some of the compression modules available for Apache, specifically, mod_gzip for Apache 1.3.x and 2.0.x and mod_deflate for Apache 2.0.x.

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