diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 73c5e95..3986c23 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ DOCKER_VERSION ?= latest
 GOLANGCI_VERSION ?= 1.62.0
 
 CQL_FEATURES ?= normal
-CONCURRENCY ?= 1
+CONCURRENCY ?= 4
 DURATION ?= 10m
 WARMUP ?= 0
 MODE ?= mixed
@@ -42,7 +42,10 @@ GEMINI_FLAGS ?= --fail-fast \
 	--duration=$(DURATION) \
 	--warmup=$(WARMUP) \
 	--profiling-port=6060 \
-	--drop-schema=true
+	--drop-schema=true \
+	--oracle-statement-log-file=$(PWD)/results/oracle-statements.log.zst \
+	--test-statement-log-file=$(PWD)/results/test-statements.log.zst \
+	--statement-log-file-compression=zstd
 
 
 ifndef GOBIN
diff --git a/cmd/gemini/root.go b/cmd/gemini/root.go
index 6d2a22d..70ecaa2 100644
--- a/cmd/gemini/root.go
+++ b/cmd/gemini/root.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+	"github.com/scylladb/gemini/pkg/stmtlogger"
 	"log"
 	"math"
 	"net/http"
@@ -108,6 +109,7 @@ var (
 	profilingPort                    int
 	testStatementLogFile             string
 	oracleStatementLogFile           string
+	statementLogFileCompression      string
 )
 
 func interactive() bool {
@@ -214,11 +216,12 @@ func run(_ *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
 
 	testCluster, oracleCluster := createClusters(cons, testHostSelectionPolicy, oracleHostSelectionPolicy, logger)
 	storeConfig := store.Config{
-		MaxRetriesMutate:        maxRetriesMutate,
-		MaxRetriesMutateSleep:   maxRetriesMutateSleep,
-		UseServerSideTimestamps: useServerSideTimestamps,
-		TestLogStatementsFile:   testStatementLogFile,
-		OracleLogStatementsFile: oracleStatementLogFile,
+		MaxRetriesMutate:            maxRetriesMutate,
+		MaxRetriesMutateSleep:       maxRetriesMutateSleep,
+		UseServerSideTimestamps:     useServerSideTimestamps,
+		TestLogStatementsFile:       testStatementLogFile,
+		OracleLogStatementsFile:     oracleStatementLogFile,
+		LogStatementFileCompression: getLogStatementFileCompression(statementLogFileCompression),
 	}
 	var tracingFile *os.File
 	if tracingOutFile != "" {
@@ -411,6 +414,14 @@ func createClusters(
 	return testCluster, oracleCluster
 }
 
+func getLogStatementFileCompression(input string) stmtlogger.Compression {
+	switch input {
+	case "zstd":
+		return stmtlogger.ZSTD
+	}
+	return stmtlogger.NoCompression
+}
+
 func getReplicationStrategy(rs string, fallback *replication.Replication, logger *zap.Logger) *replication.Replication {
 	switch rs {
 	case "network":
@@ -538,6 +549,7 @@ func init() {
 	rootCmd.Flags().IntVarP(&maxErrorsToStore, "max-errors-to-store", "", 1000, "Maximum number of errors to store and output at the end")
 	rootCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&testStatementLogFile, "test-statement-log-file", "", "", "File to write statements flow to")
 	rootCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&oracleStatementLogFile, "oracle-statement-log-file", "", "", "File to write statements flow to")
+	rootCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&statementLogFileCompression, "statement-log-file-compression", "", "zstd", "Compression algorithm to use for statement log files")
 }
 
 func printSetup(seed, schemaSeed uint64) {
diff --git a/pkg/stmtlogger/filelogger.go b/pkg/stmtlogger/filelogger.go
index d367bb8..42c70bf 100644
--- a/pkg/stmtlogger/filelogger.go
+++ b/pkg/stmtlogger/filelogger.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"bufio"
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
+	"github.com/klauspost/compress/zstd"
 	"io"
 	"log"
 	"os"
@@ -53,9 +54,16 @@ type (
 		wg      sync.WaitGroup
 		active  atomic.Bool
 	}
+
+	Compression int
+)
+
+const (
+	NoCompression Compression = iota
+	ZSTD
 )
 
-func NewFileLogger(filename string) (StmtToFile, error) {
+func NewFileLogger(filename string, compression Compression) (StmtToFile, error) {
 	if filename == "" {
 		return &nopFileLogger{}, nil
 	}
@@ -65,14 +73,31 @@ func NewFileLogger(filename string) (StmtToFile, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	return NewLogger(fd)
+	return NewLogger(fd, compression)
 }
 
-func NewLogger(w io.Writer) (StmtToFile, error) {
+func NewLogger(w io.Writer, compression Compression) (StmtToFile, error) {
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
 
+	var writer *bufio.Writer
+	switch compression {
+	case ZSTD:
+		zstdWriter, err := zstd.NewWriter(w,
+			zstd.WithEncoderLevel(zstd.SpeedFastest),
+			zstd.WithAllLitEntropyCompression(true),
+		)
+		if err != nil {
+			cancel()
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		writer = bufio.NewWriterSize(zstdWriter, 8192)
+	default:
+		writer = bufio.NewWriterSize(w, 8192)
+	}
+
 	out := &logger{
-		writer:  bufio.NewWriterSize(w, 8192),
+		writer:  writer,
 		fd:      w,
 		channel: make(chan *bytes.Buffer, defaultChanSize),
 		cancel:  cancel,
diff --git a/pkg/store/store.go b/pkg/store/store.go
index 8eeb3c3..92713c6 100644
--- a/pkg/store/store.go
+++ b/pkg/store/store.go
@@ -64,11 +64,12 @@ type Store interface {
 }
 
 type Config struct {
-	TestLogStatementsFile   string
-	OracleLogStatementsFile string
-	MaxRetriesMutate        int
-	MaxRetriesMutateSleep   time.Duration
-	UseServerSideTimestamps bool
+	TestLogStatementsFile       string
+	OracleLogStatementsFile     string
+	LogStatementFileCompression stmtlogger.Compression
+	MaxRetriesMutate            int
+	MaxRetriesMutateSleep       time.Duration
+	UseServerSideTimestamps     bool
 }
 
 func New(schema *typedef.Schema, testCluster, oracleCluster *gocql.ClusterConfig, cfg Config, traceOut io.Writer, logger *zap.Logger) (Store, error) {
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@ func New(schema *typedef.Schema, testCluster, oracleCluster *gocql.ClusterConfig
 	}, []string{"system", "method"},
 	)
 
-	oracleStore, err := getStore("oracle", schema, oracleCluster, cfg, cfg.OracleLogStatementsFile, traceOut, logger, ops)
+	oracleStore, err := getStore("oracle", schema, oracleCluster, cfg, cfg.OracleLogStatementsFile, cfg.LogStatementFileCompression, traceOut, logger, ops)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@ func New(schema *typedef.Schema, testCluster, oracleCluster *gocql.ClusterConfig
 	if testCluster == nil {
 		return nil, errors.New("test cluster is empty")
 	}
-	testStore, err := getStore("test", schema, testCluster, cfg, cfg.TestLogStatementsFile, traceOut, logger, ops)
+	testStore, err := getStore("test", schema, testCluster, cfg, cfg.TestLogStatementsFile, cfg.LogStatementFileCompression, traceOut, logger, ops)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -263,6 +264,7 @@ func getStore(
 	clusterConfig *gocql.ClusterConfig,
 	cfg Config,
 	stmtLogFile string,
+	compression stmtlogger.Compression,
 	traceOut io.Writer,
 	logger *zap.Logger,
 	ops *prometheus.CounterVec,
@@ -272,17 +274,17 @@ func getStore(
 			system: name,
 		}, nil
 	}
-	oracleSession, err := newSession(clusterConfig, traceOut)
+	session, err := newSession(clusterConfig, traceOut)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to connect to %s cluster", name)
 	}
-	oracleFileLogger, err := stmtlogger.NewFileLogger(stmtLogFile)
+	oracleFileLogger, err := stmtlogger.NewFileLogger(stmtLogFile, compression)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
 	return &cqlStore{
-		session:                 oracleSession,
+		session:                 session,
 		schema:                  schema,
 		system:                  name,
 		ops:                     ops,