[docs] Compress data files
State: closed

This PR addresses the comments in #5687 about compressing text file extensions before uploading to the Hub. Also clarified what "too large" means based on the GitLFS [docs](https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/working-with-files/managing-large-files/about-git-large-file-storage).

_The documentation is not available anymore as the PR was closed or merged._

[Confirmed](https://huggingface.slack.com/archives/C02EMARJ65P/p1680541667004199) with the Hub team the file size limit for the Hugging Face Hub is 10MB :)

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PyArrow==8.0.0

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### Benchmark: benchmark_array_xd.json

| metric | read_batch_formatted_as_numpy after write_array2d | read_batch_formatted_as_numpy after write_flattened_sequence | read_batch_formatted_as_numpy after write_nested_sequence | read_batch_unformated after write_array2d | read_batch_unformated after write_flattened_sequence | read_batch_unformated after write_nested_sequence | read_col_formatted_as_numpy after write_array2d | read_col_formatted_as_numpy after write_flattened_sequence | read_col_formatted_as_numpy after write_nested_sequence | read_col_unformated after write_array2d | read_col_unformated after write_flattened_sequence | read_col_unformated after write_nested_sequence | read_formatted_as_numpy after write_array2d | read_formatted_as_numpy after write_flattened_sequence | read_formatted_as_numpy after write_nested_sequence | read_unformated after write_array2d | read_unformated after write_flattened_sequence | read_unformated after write_nested_sequence | write_array2d | write_flattened_sequence | write_nested_sequence |
|--------|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new / old (diff) | 0.006789 / 0.011353 (-0.004564) | 0.004935 / 0.011008 (-0.006073) | 0.096796 / 0.038508 (0.058288) | 0.032485 / 0.023109 (0.009376) | 0.335342 / 0.275898 (0.059444) | 0.354999 / 0.323480 (0.031519) | 0.005467 / 0.007986 (-0.002519) | 0.005267 / 0.004328 (0.000939) | 0.073988 / 0.004250 (0.069737) | 0.044402 / 0.037052 (0.007350) | 0.331156 / 0.258489 (0.072666) | 0.363595 / 0.293841 (0.069754) | 0.035301 / 0.128546 (-0.093245) | 0.012141 / 0.075646 (-0.063505) | 0.333164 / 0.419271 (-0.086107) | 0.048818 / 0.043533 (0.005286) | 0.331458 / 0.255139 (0.076319) | 0.343567 / 0.283200 (0.060367) | 0.094963 / 0.141683 (-0.046720) | 1.444383 / 1.452155 (-0.007772) | 1.520093 / 1.492716 (0.027377) |

### Benchmark: benchmark_getitem\_100B.json

| metric | get_batch_of\_1024\_random_rows | get_batch_of\_1024\_rows | get_first_row | get_last_row |
|--------|---|---|---|---|
| new / old (diff) | 0.212311 / 0.018006 (0.194305) | 0.436413 / 0.000490 (0.435923) | 0.000333 / 0.000200 (0.000133) | 0.000057 / 0.000054 (0.000003) |

### Benchmark: benchmark_indices_mapping.json

| metric | select | shard | shuffle | sort | train_test_split |
|--------|---|---|---|---|---|
| new / old (diff) | 0.026670 / 0.037411 (-0.010742) | 0.105774 / 0.014526 (0.091248) | 0.115796 / 0.176557 (-0.060760) | 0.176504 / 0.737135 (-0.560631) | 0.121883 / 0.296338 (-0.174456) |

### Benchmark: benchmark_iterating.json

| metric | read 5000 | read 50000 | read_batch 50000 10 | read_batch 50000 100 | read_batch 50000 1000 | read_formatted numpy 5000 | read_formatted pandas 5000 | read_formatted tensorflow 5000 | read_formatted torch 5000 | read_formatted_batch numpy 5000 10 | read_formatted_batch numpy 5000 1000 | shuffled read 5000 | shuffled read 50000 | shuffled read_batch 50000 10 | shuffled read_batch 50000 100 | shuffled read_batch 50000 1000 | shuffled read_formatted numpy 5000 | shuffled read_formatted_batch numpy 5000 10 | shuffled read_formatted_batch numpy 5000 1000 |
|--------|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new / old (diff) | 0.400783 / 0.215209 (0.185574) | 4.006608 / 2.077655 (1.928953) | 1.817659 / 1.504120 (0.313539) | 1.619777 / 1.541195 (0.078582) | 1.684247 / 1.468490 (0.215757) | 0.701116 / 4.584777 (-3.883661) | 3.684056 / 3.745712 (-0.061656) | 2.065258 / 5.269862 (-3.204603) | 1.425460 / 4.565676 (-3.140217) | 0.084519 / 0.424275 (-0.339757) | 0.011949 / 0.007607 (0.004342) | 0.496793 / 0.226044 (0.270749) | 4.978864 / 2.268929 (2.709935) | 2.303388 / 55.444624 (-53.141237) | 1.978341 / 6.876477 (-4.898135) | 2.055744 / 2.142072 (-0.086329) | 0.832022 / 4.805227 (-3.973206) | 0.164715 / 6.500664 (-6.335949) | 0.062701 / 0.075469 (-0.012768) |

### Benchmark: benchmark_map_filter.json

| metric | filter | map fast-tokenizer batched | map identity | map identity batched | map no-op batched | map no-op batched numpy | map no-op batched pandas | map no-op batched pytorch | map no-op batched tensorflow |
|--------|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new / old (diff) | 1.178723 / 1.841788 (-0.663065) | 14.583986 / 8.074308 (6.509678) | 14.189402 / 10.191392 (3.998010) | 0.183867 / 0.680424 (-0.496557) | 0.017565 / 0.534201 (-0.516636) | 0.421345 / 0.579283 (-0.157938) | 0.420235 / 0.434364 (-0.014129) | 0.496758 / 0.540337 (-0.043580) | 0.591558 / 1.386936 (-0.795378) |

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PyArrow==latest

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### Benchmark: benchmark_array_xd.json

| metric | read_batch_formatted_as_numpy after write_array2d | read_batch_formatted_as_numpy after write_flattened_sequence | read_batch_formatted_as_numpy after write_nested_sequence | read_batch_unformated after write_array2d | read_batch_unformated after write_flattened_sequence | read_batch_unformated after write_nested_sequence | read_col_formatted_as_numpy after write_array2d | read_col_formatted_as_numpy after write_flattened_sequence | read_col_formatted_as_numpy after write_nested_sequence | read_col_unformated after write_array2d | read_col_unformated after write_flattened_sequence | read_col_unformated after write_nested_sequence | read_formatted_as_numpy after write_array2d | read_formatted_as_numpy after write_flattened_sequence | read_formatted_as_numpy after write_nested_sequence | read_unformated after write_array2d | read_unformated after write_flattened_sequence | read_unformated after write_nested_sequence | write_array2d | write_flattened_sequence | write_nested_sequence |
|--------|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new / old (diff) | 0.007019 / 0.011353 (-0.004334) | 0.004996 / 0.011008 (-0.006012) | 0.073345 / 0.038508 (0.034836) | 0.033077 / 0.023109 (0.009968) | 0.335954 / 0.275898 (0.060056) | 0.372616 / 0.323480 (0.049136) | 0.005678 / 0.007986 (-0.002308) | 0.003906 / 0.004328 (-0.000423) | 0.072841 / 0.004250 (0.068591) | 0.046829 / 0.037052 (0.009777) | 0.335177 / 0.258489 (0.076688) | 0.382862 / 0.293841 (0.089021) | 0.038406 / 0.128546 (-0.090141) | 0.012110 / 0.075646 (-0.063536) | 0.085796 / 0.419271 (-0.333476) | 0.049896 / 0.043533 (0.006363) | 0.338232 / 0.255139 (0.083093) | 0.361054 / 0.283200 (0.077855) | 0.103171 / 0.141683 (-0.038512) | 1.556692 / 1.452155 (0.104538) | 1.540023 / 1.492716 (0.047306) |

### Benchmark: benchmark_getitem\_100B.json

| metric | get_batch_of\_1024\_random_rows | get_batch_of\_1024\_rows | get_first_row | get_last_row |
|--------|---|---|---|---|
| new / old (diff) | 0.223705 / 0.018006 (0.205699) | 0.438771 / 0.000490 (0.438282) | 0.002838 / 0.000200 (0.002639) | 0.000081 / 0.000054 (0.000026) |

### Benchmark: benchmark_indices_mapping.json

| metric | select | shard | shuffle | sort | train_test_split |
|--------|---|---|---|---|---|
| new / old (diff) | 0.028423 / 0.037411 (-0.008988) | 0.110560 / 0.014526 (0.096035) | 0.121629 / 0.176557 (-0.054928) | 0.173638 / 0.737135 (-0.563498) | 0.127062 / 0.296338 (-0.169277) |

### Benchmark: benchmark_iterating.json

| metric | read 5000 | read 50000 | read_batch 50000 10 | read_batch 50000 100 | read_batch 50000 1000 | read_formatted numpy 5000 | read_formatted pandas 5000 | read_formatted tensorflow 5000 | read_formatted torch 5000 | read_formatted_batch numpy 5000 10 | read_formatted_batch numpy 5000 1000 | shuffled read 5000 | shuffled read 50000 | shuffled read_batch 50000 10 | shuffled read_batch 50000 100 | shuffled read_batch 50000 1000 | shuffled read_formatted numpy 5000 | shuffled read_formatted_batch numpy 5000 10 | shuffled read_formatted_batch numpy 5000 1000 |
|--------|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new / old (diff) | 0.425806 / 0.215209 (0.210597) | 4.251051 / 2.077655 (2.173397) | 2.059735 / 1.504120 (0.555615) | 1.864886 / 1.541195 (0.323692) | 1.941553 / 1.468490 (0.473063) | 0.700084 / 4.584777 (-3.884693) | 3.753150 / 3.745712 (0.007438) | 3.218606 / 5.269862 (-2.051256) | 1.439648 / 4.565676 (-3.126028) | 0.085239 / 0.424275 (-0.339037) | 0.012026 / 0.007607 (0.004419) | 0.521564 / 0.226044 (0.295520) | 5.217902 / 2.268929 (2.948973) | 2.557831 / 55.444624 (-52.886793) | 2.240223 / 6.876477 (-4.636254) | 2.364664 / 2.142072 (0.222591) | 0.825884 / 4.805227 (-3.979343) | 0.167800 / 6.500664 (-6.332864) | 0.063552 / 0.075469 (-0.011917) |

### Benchmark: benchmark_map_filter.json

| metric | filter | map fast-tokenizer batched | map identity | map identity batched | map no-op batched | map no-op batched numpy | map no-op batched pandas | map no-op batched pytorch | map no-op batched tensorflow |
|--------|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new / old (diff) | 1.255532 / 1.841788 (-0.586256) | 14.747783 / 8.074308 (6.673475) | 14.352263 / 10.191392 (4.160871) | 0.143659 / 0.680424 (-0.536765) | 0.017517 / 0.534201 (-0.516684) | 0.419863 / 0.579283 (-0.159421) | 0.416674 / 0.434364 (-0.017690) | 0.485694 / 0.540337 (-0.054643) | 0.584810 / 1.386936 (-0.802126) |

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