gistfile1.txt

Compression:
xz:
real    18m43.520s
user    18m37.840s
sys     0m4.020s

gzip:
real    1m52.749s
user    1m42.180s
sys     0m3.260s

bzip2:
real    19m32.793s
user    19m19.400s
sys     0m3.640s

Compressed Size:
du -sch jenkins.*
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229M    jenkins.tar.bzip2
295M    jenkins.tar.gzip
164M    jenkins.tar.xz

Decompression Time:
gzip:
real    0m54.096s
user    0m13.940s
sys     0m5.650s

xz:
real    0m56.590s
user    0m18.820s
sys     0m6.570s

bzip2:
real    1m36.751s
user    1m21.830s
sys     0m7.370s