
Configuring Data Compression Services
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If either side of the link specifies PPC, both sides of the link use PPC.
Maximizing Throughput
Each side of the link has both a compression and decompression history and a
lookup table. The compression and decompression histories maintain a record of
data that has already traveled across the network. The lookup tables maintain
pointers to redundant strings and the offset and length tokens that replace each of
those strings.
You can specify either 8 KB or 32 KB of local memory to maintain a compression
history.
If the link uses software compression with a history of 8 KB, each end of the link
allocates 8 KB of memory for compression, 16 KB for the compression lookup
table, and 8 KB for decompression, or 32 KB. If the link uses a compression
history of 32 KB, each end of the link allocates 32 KB of memory for
compression, 64 KB for the compression lookup table, and 32 KB for
decompression, for a total of 128 KB. Hardware compression entails similar
requirements.
If you select different values for history size for the two sides of the link, 8 KB
becomes the history size for both sides of the link.
8 KB History Size
In general, 8 KB histories are appropriate for Frame Relay and X.25, when you
have large numbers of VCs and need to be conservative when you allocate
memory to each of them.
32 KB History Size
For PPP, with only one circuit per line, you may want to use a 32 KB history.
You may want to allocate a 32 KB history size for links with speeds higher than
64 Kb/s to improve throughput. The compressor can find a data pattern match up
to three times faster using a 32 KB history than an 8 KB history.
Site Manager: Compression Mode parameter: page A-2 (line); page A-6 (circuit interface)
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