<div>
It depends.<br />
<br />
mod_deflate is a trade off of some CPU power for bandwidth savings. Whether it is benefitial for you depends on how much CPU power you have, what kind of content you are serving (how well it compresses) and your connection.
</div>


It depends.

mod_deflate is a trade off of some CPU power for bandwidth savings. Whether it is benefitial for you depends on how much CPU power you have, what kind of content you are serving (how well it compresses) and your connection.

<div>
<br />
so if the amount of traffic on the connection does not matter AND there is a surplus of CPU power, <br />
<br />
would you recommend it? <br />

</div>



so if the amount of traffic on the connection does not matter AND there is a surplus of CPU power,

would you recommend it?


<div>
<div class="content wysiwyg-content">
hi there<br />
<br />
i will be installing Apache Module &quot;mod_deflate&quot; on a apache hosted application. <br />
<br />
does the &quot;mod_deflate&quot; have a tendancy to slow down overall performance and/or speed?<br />
<br />
<br />
thanks in advance<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />

</div>
</div>


hi there

i will be installing Apache Module "mod_deflate" on a apache hosted application. 

does the "mod_deflate" have a tendancy to slow down overall performance and/or speed?


thanks in advance







Apache Module mod_deflate

The Apache HTTP Server is a secure, efficient and extensible server that provides HTTP services in sync with the current HTTP standards. Typically Apache is run on a Unix-like operating system, but it is available for a wide variety of operating systems, including Linux, Novell NetWare, Mac OS-X and Windows. Released under the Apache License, Apache is open-source software.