gzip vs. compress

From: Joe Smith <joe_dba@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2008 13:54:15 -0600

Which is better to use gzip or compress?
 
All of my work is done on AIX 5L 64bit server.
 
I am doing cold backups of databases where I tar and then compress the 
resulting file.
 
I have always used compress, but I read that gzip gives better compression.
 
Any thoughts will be appreciated.
 
 
 
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