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pg_dump -Fc --compress on PostgreSQL 16, 8 methods measured

zstd:1 dumps 3.3x faster than the default gzip for a 3.7% larger file

Question: PostgreSQL 16's pg_dump accepts --compress=gzip|lz4|zstd[:level] for the custom format. Which method gives the best size for the time on a nightly pg_dump -Fc — and does the choice change pg_restore time?

Result (one 315 MB table, pg_dump -Fc, median of 5 runs each)

--compressdump size% of uncompresseddump time
none265,045,220 B100%3,827 ms
gzip:173,138,227 B27.6%2,500 ms
gzip:6 (plain -Fc: gzip at zlib's default level)60,404,634 B22.8%5,557 ms
gzip:959,619,776 B22.5%6,276 ms
lz4106,242,160 B40.1%1,886 ms
zstd:162,634,690 B23.6%1,705 ms

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