Feature: commitlog compression

[amoskong]

Description

Scylla doesn't support commitlog compression.

Quote from https://cassandra.apache.org/doc/latest/architecture/storage_engine.html:

commitlog_compression: Compression to apply to the commitlog. If omitted, the commit log will be written uncompressed. LZ4, Snappy, Deflate and Zstd compressors are supported.

(Default Value: (complex option):

#   - class_name: LZ4Compressor
#     parameters:
#         -

Related issue: #1638

Question

@tzach @slivne @elcallio Do we have plan to add the feature?

[slivne]

we are against that

[slivne]

#24