ZSTD Compression in Easysearch: Achieving Near 5x Query Throughput with High Compression
In search engine architectures, compression algorithm selection presents a fundamental tradeoff dilemma:
High compression ratios (e.g., best_compression/DEFLATE) reduce storage but slow query decompression
Fast encoding schemes (e.g., default LZ4) accelerate queries but increase disk footprint
Easysearch introduces a solution leveraging JDK 2 ...
Posted on Sun, 05 Jul 2026 16:20:27 +0000 by Brink Kale