
Configuring Data Compression Services
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Parameter: History Size
Path: Configuration Manager > Protocols > WCP > Interfaces
Default: Inherit from Line
Options: 32K
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8K
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Inherit from Line
Function: Specifies the amount of memory allocated to compression history for the line.
Remember that history size has separate compression and decompression
histories and lookup tables on each side of a link. If the link uses a compression
history of 8 KB, each end of the link allocates a total of 32 KB as follows:
• 8 KB for compression
• 16 KB for a lookup table
• 8 KB for decompression
If the link uses a compression history of 32 KB, each end of the link allocates a
total of 128 KB as follows:
• 32 KB for compression
• 64 KB for a lookup table
• 32 KB for decompression
Hardware compression has similar requirements.
Selecting 32K for PPP WCP should not be a problem for the BN, because PPP
allows only one circuit per line. Select 8K or 32K for frame relay and X.25
circuits, depending on the resources of your network. Selecting 32K for PPP
WCP on the ASN can cause problems, particularly if you are using a 32-context
compression net module.
In general, 8 KB histories are appropriate for WAN links that run at speeds of
64 Kb/s or less, because less throughput is required. Use an 8 KB history size
with frame relay and X.25, which have large numbers of VCs and may have low
available bandwidth, and with PPP on a 32-context net module. You may want
to allocate a 32 KB history size for links with speeds higher than 64 Kb/s to
improve throughput. The compression engine can find a data pattern match up
to three times faster using a 32 KB history. If you select different history sizes
for each side of a link, the smaller of the two becomes the effective history size.
Inherit from Line allows you to set WCP parameters at the line level and apply
them to circuits.
Instructions: Select Inherit from Line if you want to accept the value in effect for the WCP
History Size line parameter. Otherwise, select either 32K or 8K.
MIB Object ID: 1.3.6.1.4.1.18.3.4.22.2.1.5
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