What is Compression Support?
Compression support means checking to see if a client can support compressed responses, and if it can, compressing ours before sending it back.
How do I configure Compression Support
From the FusionReactor Administrator, click "Compression Settings" from the table of contents (Compression section) and you will see the Compression Settings screen which looks something like this:
GZIP Requests: If this is enabled and a client sends a request to your application in a compressed format then FusionReactor will decompress it before it is executed.
GZIP Responses: If this is enabled and a request to your application came from a client that can support compression, the response will be compressed before being returned.
Why would I want to use Compression Support?
Simple. You can save up to 70% bandwidth on many requests. On loaded networks this have a huge effect on the perceived performance of your application. It doesn't matter how fast your server runs if it takes seconds for the resulting page to be passed back to the client. Even for fast networks, you can still see considerable improvement when responses are large.
What if I have a page I don't want compressed?
FusionReactor lets you exclude specific URLs or MIME types from compression. You can create lists of exclusions using fixed strings or regular expressions. If you prefer, you can also change the Compression Settings so that only specified MIME types are compressed.
