Configuring HTTP compression in OpenPages

HTTP compression is a technique used to reduce the network bandwidth that is used to transfer files from the server to the client by compressing web content. Compliant web browsers automatically decompress the content before displaying it to users.

For IBM OpenPages® application servers, HTTP compression is installed during the installation process.

By default, HTTP compression is disabled on the application servers to reduce processor usage and improve performance over a local area network (LAN). On systems that use a router or switch to compresses data, you might also want to disable HTTP compression on both the OpenPages application and Cognos® servers in your environment to avoid double compression.

In situations where clients are primarily accessing the servers by using a narrow network bandwidth (such as modems), enable HTTP compression on both application and Cognos servers.

Note: Files that are already compressed, such as image files, PDF, and .zip files will not be compressed to improve performance.

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