Bandwidth sensitive data compression and decompression

Abstract

Data compression and decompression methods for compressing and decompressing data based on an actual or expected throughput (bandwidth) of a system. In one embodiment, a controller tracks and monitors the throughput (data storage and retrieval) of a data compression system and generates control signals to enable/disable different compression algorithms when, e.g., a bottleneck occurs so as to increase the throughput and eliminate the bottleneck.

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       18 . A method comprising:
 accessing an access profile, wherein said access profile is associated with a characteristic of a data block and said access profile includes a rate of compression and a compression ratio; and   compressing said data block, to provide a compressed data block, based on said rate of compression and said compression ratio included in said access profile.   
   
   
       19 . The method of  claim 18 , further comprising storing said compressed data block to a storage device.