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CLP searches compressed logs while scaling to petabytes

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CLP combines lossless, domain-specific compression with search on compressed text, reporting over 13× faster ingestion than Elasticsearch and Splunk and petabyte-scale operation. The approach offers a substantial storage and observability trade-off for large log archives.

What

CLP losslessly compresses unstructured text logs while allowing searches directly on the compressed data.

Method

Its domain-specific algorithm exploits repetition in logs; the paper reports search comparable to or faster than Elasticsearch and Splunk.

Why it matters

Combining archival compression with fast search and over 13x faster ingestion can reduce costs in large-scale log systems.

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