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zstd: Fast, lossless compression algorithm

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  1. Overview of package
  2. Overview of package
    1. General usage
  3. Availability of package by cluster

Overview of package

General information about package
Package: zstd
Description: Fast, lossless compression algorithm
For more information: https://github.com/facebook/zstd
Categories:
License: OpenSource (BSD or GPLv2)

General usage information

Zstandard, or zstd for short, is a fast lossless compression algorithm and library targetting real-time compression scenarios.

This module will add the zstd and related commands to your PATH.

In case you need to link against this library in your code, the following environmental variables have been defined:

You will probably wish to use these by adding the following flags to your compilation command (e.g. to CFLAGS in your Makefile):

and the following flags to your link command (e.g. LDFLAGS in your Makefile):

Available versions of the package zstd, by cluster

This section lists the available versions of the package zstdon the different clusters.

Available versions of zstd on the Zaratab cluster

Available versions of zstd on the Zaratab cluster
Version Module tags CPU(s) optimized for GPU ready?
1.4.4 zstd/1.4.4 x86_64, zen Y
1.5.2 zstd/1.5.2 zen2 Y
1.5.0 zstd/1.5.0 zen2 Y

Available versions of zstd on the Juggernaut cluster

Available versions of zstd on the Juggernaut cluster
Version Module tags CPU(s) optimized for GPU ready?
1.4.4 zstd/1.4.4 skylake_avx512, x86_64, zen, zen2 Y
1.4.4 zstd/1.4.4 x86_64 Y






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