Datapump COMPRESSION_ALGORITHM Option

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This parameter determines the algorithm to compress the dump file data. 

Values:- COMPRESSION_ALGORITHM = {BASIC | LOW | MEDIUM | HIGH} 

BASIC:- 

• This offers good combination of compression ratio and speed 
• It is not CPU intensive 
• This is the default compression method which is used in the older versions of data pump. 

LOW:- 

• Compression ratio is low 
• It is suitable for CPU bound servers as it is not a CPU intensive 

MEDIUM:- 

• provides a good combination of compression ratios and speed 
• It is similar to BASIC but it uses different algorithm 

HIGH:- 

• Most CPU intensive option 
• It offers good compression ratio and the dump file would the lowest in size. 
• It can be used to copy the dump file over slower networks, where the limiting factor is network speed. 

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Putting some examples here to compare the dump file size.

expdp directory=dp_dir dumpfile=comp_low.dmp logfile=comp_low.log full=y compression_algorithm=low job_name=compress_alg

expdp directory=dp_dir dumpfile=comp_high.dmp logfile=comp_high.log full=y compression_algorithm=high job_name=compress_alg

You can see the file size difference of small schema dump with different compression algorithm.

$ ls -tlr *dmp
-rw-r-----. 1 oracle oracle 78696448 Sep 21 05:30 comp_high.dmp
-rw-r-----. 1 oracle oracle 78712832 Sep 21 05:39 comp_low.dmp

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