From 1bcb40d3fe49c70eae93dc83e6f92fcce67dcfe4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: xtaci Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2018 01:42:44 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md --- README.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index bc5b7b0..d4fae9c 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ kcptun has builtin snappy algorithms for compressing streams: > Reference: http://google.github.io/snappy/ -Compression may save bandwidth for **PLAINTEXT** data, such as HTTP data. +Compression may save bandwidth for **PLAINTEXT** data, it's quite useful for specific scenarios as cross-datacenter replications, by compressing the redologs in dbms or kafka-like message queues and then transfer the data streams across the continent can be much faster. Compression is enabled by default, you can disable it by setting ```-nocomp``` on **BOTH** KCP Client & KCP Server **MUST** be **IDENTICAL**.