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tarxz_parallel_vs_serial
~/testdir
❯ fallocate -l 1G bigfile
~/testdir
❯ time tar cfJ bigfile.tar.xz bigfile ⏎
tar cfJ bigfile.tar.xz bigfile 68.69s user 4.17s system 104% cpu 1:09.57 total
~/testdir
❯ rm bigfile.tar.xz
rm: remove regular file 'bigfile.tar.xz'? y
~/testdir
❯ time tar -I pxz -cf bigfile.tar.xz bigfile ⏎
tar -I pxz -cf bigfile.tar.xz bigfile 86.29s user 1.39s system 497% cpu 17.637 total
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