> lossy compression (which is all that really matters)
No, not in this case. This might be great for game files or whatever you are familiar with but lossy compression would basically mean to be mangling the data after going through all the effort of collecting it (I suspect you have only little experience with lab work?).
When doing experiments, everything is documented in full detail. Settings on machines and equipment, preparation steps, version numbers of software used for processing, …
You really don‘t want to lose information on your experiment.
No, not in this case. This might be great for game files or whatever you are familiar with but lossy compression would basically mean to be mangling the data after going through all the effort of collecting it (I suspect you have only little experience with lab work?).
When doing experiments, everything is documented in full detail. Settings on machines and equipment, preparation steps, version numbers of software used for processing, …
You really don‘t want to lose information on your experiment.