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IPinfo shrinks its MMDB database files by a third
Original: How we made our MMDB files a 33% smaller
IPinfo has published a technical write-up explaining how the company reduced the size of its MMDB geolocation database files by 33%. The post walks through the format and compression techniques used to achieve the reduction. Engineers discussing it are weighing the trade-offs between smaller downloadable databases and lookup performance for users of IP geolocation services.
Why now: Developers are interested in practical file-format and compression optimizations for widely used IP geolocation databases.
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- How we made our MMDB files a 33% smaller · mmaia · 38
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