pigz
pigz, which stands for parallel implementation of gzip, is a fully functional replacement for gzip that exploits multiple processors and multiple cores to the hilt when compressing data. pigz was written by Mark Adler, and uses the zlib and pthread libraries.
Available modules
The overview below shows which pigz installations are available per target architecture in the HPCC module system, ordered based on software version (new to old).
To start using pigz, load one of these modules using a module load command like:
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(This data was automatically generated on Thu, 17 Apr 2025 at 12:00:12 EDT)
| neoverse_v1 | generic | zen2 | zen3 | zen4 | haswell | skylake_avx512 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grace Nodes | everywhere (except Grace nodes) | amd20 | amd22 | amd24 | intel16 | intel18,amd20-v100,amd21,intel21 | |
| pigz/2.7-GCCcore-12.2.0 | - | x | - | - | - | x | - |