pixz

[root@c ~]# yum install asciidoc libarchive-devel xz-devel
 
[root@c ~]# cd src
[root@c src]# git clone https://github.com/vasi/pixz
[root@c src]# cd pixz/
[root@c pixz]#
[root@c pixz]# ./autogen.sh
configure.ac:47: installing './config.guess'
configure.ac:47: installing './config.sub'
configure.ac:11: installing './install-sh'
configure.ac:11: installing './missing'
src/Makefile.am: installing './depcomp'
parallel-tests: installing './test-driver'
 
[root@c pixz]# ./configure --prefix=/usr/local
[root@c pixz]# make ; make check ; make install

tar cf - ./data | pixz -9 -p 4 > /backup/data.tar.xz