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Installing zstd

During compilation, Greenplum can use the zstd compression algorithm to compress data in the database to reduce storage space usage.

If Greenplum 6.12.1 is installed, you do not need to install zstd.

  1. Download the zstd source code.
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    cd /opt/tool
    wget https://codeload.github.com/facebook/zstd/zip/refs/tags/v1.4.3
    
  2. Compile and install zstd.
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    unzip v1.4.3
    cd zstd-1.4.3/
    make
    make install
    ln -s /usr/local/lib/libzstd.so.1.4.3 /usr/lib64/libzstd.so.1