A system configured to generate a set of compression dictionary snapshots. The system can determine a subset of a set of compression dictionary definitions, the subset having a first subset comprising one or more definitions that have changed since a time of a previous snapshot and a second subset having one or more definitions associated with a predetermined portion of the dictionary. The system can further generate and store snapshots based at least in part on the determined subset of one or more definitions and determine a plurality of active snapshots from the set of snapshots such that the set of one or more definitions is included in the plurality of active snapshots.