# Transport.tcp.compress **URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/transport-tcp-compress/20365 **Category:** Elasticsearch **Created:** [October 21, 2014, 5:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/transport-tcp-compress/20365 "2014-10-21T17:34:25Z") **Posts on this page:** 4 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![David\_Ashby](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/david_ashby/32/968_2.png) [@David\_Ashby](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/David_Ashby) #### Post date: [October 21, 2014, 5:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/transport-tcp-compress/20365/1 "2014-10-21T17:34:25Z")
Is there a reason that this is disabled by default? Are there downsides to activating it? I'm assuming it results in extra CPU burn during intra-cluster communication. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/c0ba204d-06bd-4d3c-b2e8-02f2b9d45709%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/c0ba204d-06bd-4d3c-b2e8-02f2b9d45709%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
### Author: ![Luke\_Nezda](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/luke_nezda/32/47152_2.png) [@Luke\_Nezda](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Luke_Nezda) #### Post date: [December 5, 2014, 4:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/transport-tcp-compress/20365/2 "2014-12-05T16:34:51Z")
I have the same question. On Tuesday, October 21, 2014 12:34:25 PM UTC-5, David Ashby wrote: > Is there a reason that this is disabled by default? Are there downsides to > activating it? I'm assuming it results in extra CPU burn during > intra-cluster communication. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/438a83b1-61de-41a5-ba03-26a79e9f3f3d%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/438a83b1-61de-41a5-ba03-26a79e9f3f3d%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
### Author: ![Alexander\_Pepper](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/alexander_pepper/32/996_2.png) [@Alexander\_Pepper](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Alexander_Pepper) #### Post date: [January 14, 2015, 12:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/transport-tcp-compress/20365/3 "2015-01-14T12:29:29Z")
[https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/issues/7309](https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/issues/7309) seems to cover this same question. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/378b2a48-515d-47d2-ba0e-5a25f4da56c8%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/378b2a48-515d-47d2-ba0e-5a25f4da56c8%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
### Author: ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system) #### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 12:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/transport-tcp-compress/20365/4 "2017-07-06T00:39:02Z")