In Elixir Data Designer, a Binary DataSource can be created from either a normal or a compressed Binary file. The advantage of using a Binary DataSource instead of a Tabular or JDBC DataSource is that it is smaller than the other stand-alone datasources. Data is stored as binary information instead of as text. Furthermore, a Binary DataSource can become even smaller because it can be compressed.

Elixir Data Designer reads binary files generated by Binary DataStore, which can be compressed upon your selection, using a compression algorithm also used in GZIP. The access to a compressed Binary DataSource will become slower due to the decompression. However, it greatly reduces the file size on your hard disk and the cost of data storage. Consequently, it reduces the volume of data and time of transmission when data are being sent over the network, for example, from the Server to the Client.