SSD compression aware

A method of compressing data on a storage drive, the method comprising:

• predicting the compressibility of data on the drive based on one or more compressibility inputs, wherein the one or more compressibility inputs comprise at least one of an object extension dictionary, an object signature dictionary, and an entropy estimation algorithm library;
• determining how to compress the data based on the one or more compression inputs, wherein the one or more compression inputs comprise at least one of a quality of service profile and a device performance profile;
• and
• compressing the data based on the determination of how to compress the data.

A storage drive comprising:

• a compression system on the drive comprising:
• one or more compressibility inputs;
• a compression predictor configured to predict the compressibility of data on the drive based on the one or more compressibility inputs;
• one or more compression inputs;
• a compressor configured to determine how to compress the data based on the one or more compression inputs and configured to compress the data on the drive,
• wherein the one or more compressibility inputs comprise at least one of an object extension dictionary, an object signature dictionary, and an entropy estimation algorithm library;
• and
• wherein the one or more compression inputs comprise at least one of a quality of service profile and a device performance profile.