A system comprising: a memory device; and a data accelerator, wherein said data accelerator is coupled to said memory device, a data stream is received by said data accelerator in received form, said data stream includes a first data block and a second data block, said data stream is compressed by said data accelerator to provide a compressed data stream by compressing said first data block with a first compression technique and said second data block with a second compression technique, said first and second compression techniques are different, said compressed data stream is stored on said memory device, said compression and storage occurs faster than said data stream is able to be stored on said memory device in said received form, a first data descriptor is stored on said memory device indicative of said first compression technique, and said first descriptor is utilized to decompress the portion of said compressed data stream associated with said first data block. view more

A computer implemented method comprising: analyzing, using a processor, data within a data block to identify one or more parameters or attributes of the data within the data block; determining, using the processor, whether to output the data block in a received form or in a compressed form; and outputting, using the processor, the data block in the received form or the compressed form based on the determination, wherein the outputting the data block in the compressed form comprises determining whether to compress the data block with content dependent data compression based on the one or more parameters or attributes of the data within the data block or to compress the data block with a single data compression encoder; and wherein the analyzing of the data within the data block to identify the one or more parameters or attributes of the data excludes analyzing based only on a descriptor that is indicative of the one or more parameters or attributes of the data within the data block. view more

A system comprising: a memory device; and a data accelerator configured to compress: (i) a first data block with a first compression technique to provide a first compressed data block; and (ii) a second data block with a second compression technique, different from the first compression technique, to provide a second compressed data block; wherein the compressed first and second data blocks are stored on the memory device, and the compression and storage occurs faster than the first and second data blocks are able to be stored on the memory device in uncompressed form. view more

A method for compressing data comprising: analyzing content of a data block to identify a parameter, attribute, or value of the data block that excludes analyzing based solely on reading a descriptor; selecting an encoder associated with the identified parameter, attribute, or value; compressing data in the data block with the selected encoder to produce a compressed data block, wherein the compressing includes utilizing a state machine; and storing the compressed data block; wherein the time of the compressing the data block and the storing the compressed data block is less than the time of storing the data block in uncompressed form. view more

The method of claim 1, further comprising transmitting the compressed data block in a data packet to a client, the data packet including both control information and compressed data information.

The method of claim 3, wherein the compressed data block is one of a plurality of compressed data blocks transmitted in sequence.

The method of claim 2, wherein the compressed data block is one of a plurality of compressed data blocks transmitted in sequence with a plurality of synchronization points.

The method of claim 5, wherein the plurality of compressed data blocks in sequence is transmitted in User Datagram Protocol (UDP) Packets and wherein at least one synchronization point occurs at the beginning of at least one of the UDP Packets.

The method of claim 5, wherein the one or more compressed data blocks in sequence have at least one synchronization point per data block.

The method of claim 1, further comprising transmitting the compressed data block in a packetized data stream having data packets that include control information and compressed data information, and wherein the selected encoder is a packet independent encoder. view more

The method of claim 1, wherein the selected encoder is lossless.

The method of claim 1, further comprising compressing the data block with a default lossless encoder when the analyzing of the content of the data block is unable to identify a parameter, attribute, or value of the data block.

The method of claim 1, further comprising transmitting the compressed data block, wherein the time of the compressing the data block, storing the compressed data block, and transmitting the compressed data block is less than the time of transmitting the data block in an uncompressed form. view more

A system for compressing data comprising: a data server implemented on one or more processors and one or more memory systems and configured to: analyze content of a data block to identify a parameter, attribute, or value of the data block that excludes analysis based solely on reading a descriptor; select an encoder associated with the identified parameter, attribute, or value; compress data in the data block with the selected encoder to produce a compressed data block, wherein the compression utilizes a state machine; and store the compressed data block; wherein the time of the compressing the data block and the storing the compressed data block is less than the time of storing the data block in uncompressed form. view more