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Asked: 2026-05-27T00:53:41+00:00

I am wondering what would be the performance difference when zipping data using rubyzip

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I am wondering what would be the performance difference when zipping data using rubyzip as compared to using native os libraries for performing the compression. I am fetching data to be compressed from a URL and then using the ZipOutputStream to create the zip file. In case of native OS utilities I am thinking of using the zip tool. Would be nice to hear some pros and cons for both the approaches.

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    It turns out that there is not much of a difference in terms of the time taken for the operation or the CPU usage. But there was a significant difference when it came to memory usage. With rubyzip the process ended up using a lot more memory compared to when using the zip util. In our use case memory usage was a significant concern and hence we ended up using the zip util.

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