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Is SQL Server data compression categorically good for read-only databases?

Some literature on SQL Server data compression I read state that the write cost increases to about four times what would normally be required. It also seems to imply that this is the primary downside ...
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Why 2 allocation units during online index rebuild to different file group?

I'm in the process of rebuilding the clustered index of a big table to a different file group. I'm monitoring the rebuild process using sys.system_internals_allocation_units. I'm 3h in but not done ...