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by reacocard 5082 days ago
Snappy is faster than gzip/zlib:

  "For instance, compared to the fastest mode of zlib, Snappy
  is an order of magnitude faster for most inputs, but the 
  resulting compressed files are anywhere from 20% to 100% 
  bigger."
https://code.google.com/p/snappy/