pigz, which stands for Parallel Implementation of GZip, is a fully functional replacement for gzip that utilizes multiple processors and CPU cores when compressing data. pigz was written by Mark Adler, and uses zlib and pthread libraries.
pigz, which stands for Parallel Implementation of GZip, is a fully functional replacement for gzip that utilizes multiple processors and CPU cores when compressing data. pigz was written by Mark Adler, and uses zlib and pthread libraries.