Tarball Compression [FAST]

"But wait," Marcus interrupted. "It’s huge. It’s three gigabytes."

A ( .tar file) bundles multiple files/directories into one file without compression . Compression is added via tools like gzip , bzip2 , xz , or zstd . tarball compression

"This is the Prometheus data from the Physics department," Elias said. "It’s messy. It’s alive. If we copy it folder-by-folder to the backup tape, the filesystem timestamps will change. The 'Date Created' will lie. We need to capture this directory exactly as it exists in this moment." "But wait," Marcus interrupted