PIGZ

• A parallel implementation of gzip for modern multi-processor, multi-core machines

• Enhanced gzip

• http://zlib.net/pigz/

• Compress

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pigz filename

• Uncompress

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pigz -d filename.gz
punzip -d filename.gz

• tar option

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tar -I pigz -cf OUTPUT_FILE.tgz FILES
tar -I pigz -xf OUTPUT_FILE.tgz

ref

• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12313242/utilizing-multi-core-for-targzip-bzip-compression-decompression