7z is very much useful in compressing large data.
Install
yum install p7zip.x86_64 p7zip-plugins.x86_64
Compressing
7za a -t7z -mx9 compressed.7z files_to_compress
(-mx9 maximum compression)
Uncompressing
7z x compressed.7z dest_dir/
Install
yum install p7zip.x86_64 p7zip-plugins.x86_64
Compressing
7za a -t7z -mx9 compressed.7z files_to_compress
(-mx9 maximum compression)
Uncompressing
7z x compressed.7z dest_dir/