{"id":12651,"date":"2010-06-29T12:23:56","date_gmt":"2010-06-29T10:23:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=12651"},"modified":"2010-06-29T12:23:56","modified_gmt":"2010-06-29T10:23:56","slug":"zip-vs-bzip2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2010\/06\/29\/zip-vs-bzip2\/","title":{"rendered":"Zip vs. Bzip2"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>While investigating an unrelated issue on our backup server, I came across an interesting discussion about <a href=\"http:\/\/jeremy.zawodny.com\/blog\/archives\/000953.html\">gzip vs. bzip2<\/a>. 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