How does Fast Infoset compare to compression?
Generally, compression can reduce document size more than Fast Infoset but also consumes a lot of additional processing power. Compressing the encoded data introduces a substantial overhead irrespective of the encoding used, which can result in a noticeable degradation of performance, specially to the server side when it’s under load. Contrary to compression, Fast Infoset reduces document size and increases processing speed at the same time. You don’t lose anything by using Fast Infoset, you only have gains.
