Compression=LZSS Compression=Huffman Compression=ZLIB=level Nocompression Allows you to specify the compression method to use before writing data to the AIJ backup file. This reduces performance, but may be justified when the AIJ backup file is a disk file, or is being backed up over a busy network, or is being backed up to a tape drive that does not do its own compression. You probably do not want to specify the Compression qualifier when you are backing up an aIJ file to a tape drive that does its own compression; in some cases doing so can actually result in a larger file. This feature only works for the new backup file format and you have to specify /FORMAT=NEW_TAPE if you also use /COMPRESSION. If you specify the Compression qualifier without a value, the default is COMPRESSION=ZLIB=6. The level value (ZLIB=level) is an integer between 1 and 9 specifying the relative compression level with one being the least amount of compression and nine being the greatest amount of compression. Higher levels of the compression use increased CPU time while generally providing better compression. The default compression level of 6 is a balance between compression effectiveness and CPU consumption. OLDER ORACLE RDB 7.2 RELEASES AND COMPRESSED RBF FILES Prior releases of Oracle Rdb are unable to read RBF files compressed with the ZLIB algorithm. In order to read compressed backups with Oracle Rdb 7.2 Releases prior to V7.2.1, they must be made with /COMPRESSION=LZSS or /COMPRESSION=HUFFMAN explicitly specified (because the default compression algorithm has been changed from LZSS to ZLIB). Oracle Rdb Version 7.2.1 is able to read compressed backups using the LZSS or HUFFMAN algorithms made with prior releases.