https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Archives-of-Support-Questions/Between-HDFS-encryption-and-compression/m-p/148612#M32518 <P>Compression and encryption are 2 different things: In Step 1 you compress a file, or not, it's optional but recommended unless you have reasons not to compress it. In Step 2 you encrypt the file from Step 1.</P> Tue, 21 Jun 2016 14:34:54 GMT pminovic 2016-06-21T14:34:54Z https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Archives-of-Support-Questions/Between-HDFS-encryption-and-compression/m-p/148611#M32517 <P>If we turn on encryption, should we turn off compression? Are the data nodes smart enough to realize that there's no point trying to compress encrypted blocks?</P> Tue, 21 Jun 2016 14:20:57 GMT https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Archives-of-Support-Questions/Between-HDFS-encryption-and-compression/m-p/148611#M32517 hyadav 2016-06-21T14:20:57Z https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Archives-of-Support-Questions/Between-HDFS-encryption-and-compression/m-p/148612#M32518 <P>Compression and encryption are 2 different things: In Step 1 you compress a file, or not, it's optional but recommended unless you have reasons not to compress it. In Step 2 you encrypt the file from Step 1.</P> Tue, 21 Jun 2016 14:34:54 GMT https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Archives-of-Support-Questions/Between-HDFS-encryption-and-compression/m-p/148612#M32518 pminovic 2016-06-21T14:34:54Z