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GZIP compress file with multiple cores
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gzip-compress-multicore.txt
tar cf - ./directory | pigz -9 -p 32 > archive.tar.gz
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dig 10 gig file in 1.5 minutes on an 8 core 4ghz ryzen 2700x.
Result was 5.5gigs. What I expected.

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