```json
{
    "title": "GrabPERF: GZIP Performance Experiment Revisited",
    "url": "https://performancezen.com/2006/08/23/grabperf-gzip-performance-experiment-revisited/",
    "datePublished": "2006-08-23",
    "dateModified": "2006-08-23",
    "language": "en-US",
    "description": "A few years ago, I wrote an article on how GZIP compression improved Web performance. Don Marti at the Linux Journal was a great editor, and eventually, the article ended…",
    "author": "spierzchala",
    "publisher": "Performance Zen"
}
```

# GrabPERF: GZIP Performance Experiment Revisited

A few years ago, I wrote an article on how [GZIP compression improved Web performance](http://webperformance.org/performance/compression-performance.html). Don Marti at the Linux Journal was a great editor, and eventually, [the article](http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/6802) ended up in the online version of the Magazine.

At the time, I used Ian Holsman's webperf.org (now renamed [ITScales](http://itscales.com/)) to capture the data. Now that I have built my own [Web performance monitoring network](http://grabperf.org/), I thought I would repeat the experiment.

You can see the comparative results at these locations:

 [Wikipedia](http://grabperf.org/homepage.php?page=compare&test=220&days=1&msmts=220,221) [Google News](http://grabperf.org/homepage.php?page=compare&test=222&days=1&msmts=222,223) [Technorati](http://grabperf.org/homepage.php?page=compare&test=224&days=1&msmts=224,225) [Juniper Networks](http://grabperf.org/homepage.php?page=compare&test=226&days=1&msmts=226,227) -- they own the Redline hardware acceleration device [F5 Networks](http://grabperf.org/homepage.php?page=compare&test=228&days=1&msmts=228,229) -- they sell the F5 hardware acceleration device After I have collected a lot more data, I will be re-visiting the article and commenting on the state of compression technology on the Internet.

If you would like to suggest a site to measure, please leave a comment.

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