3. A method of operating a solid state disk drive (SSD) comprising: selecting a dictionary for use in compressing received data to provide a selected dictionary, from among a plurality of dictionaries, based on a type of the received data and based on a size of the received data, wherein the size comprises a range of values of the received data; accessing a symbol stored in the selected dictionary using the received data as an index into the dictionary, wherein accessing the symbol stored in the selected dictionary further comprises accessing a common dictionary included in a selected dictionary set using the received data to index into the common dictionary to provide a common symbol before the selected dictionary is determined and then accessing the selected dictionary included in the selected dictionary set using the received data to index into the selected dictionary to provide the symbol after the selected dictionary is determined; and including the symbol as part of compressed data for storage in the SSD.
3. A method of operating a solid state disk drive (SSD) comprising: selecting a dictionary for use in compressing received data to provide a selected dictionary, from among a plurality of dictionaries, based on a type of the received data and based on a size of the received data, wherein the size comprises a range of values of the received data; accessing a symbol stored in the selected dictionary using the received data as an index into the dictionary, wherein accessing the symbol stored in the selected dictionary further comprises accessing a common dictionary included in a selected dictionary set using the received data to index into the common dictionary to provide a common symbol before the selected dictionary is determined and then accessing the selected dictionary included in the selected dictionary set using the received data to index into the selected dictionary to provide the symbol after the selected dictionary is determined; and including the symbol as part of compressed data for storage in the SSD. 10. A method according to claim 3 wherein each of the dictionaries in the plurality of dictionaries other than the common dictionary includes a portion thereof that corresponds to the common dictionary.