MariaDB [test]> set global innodb_file_format=Barracuda;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

MariaDB [test]> set global innodb_compression_algorithm=zlib;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

MariaDB [test]> CREATE TABLE `T1` ( `a` int(11) DEFAULT NULL ) engine=innodb page_compressed=1;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.01 sec)

MariaDB [test]> show variables like '%compress%';
+-------------------------------------------+-------+
| Variable_name                             | Value |
+-------------------------------------------+-------+
| have_compress                             | YES   |
| innodb_background_scrub_data_compressed   | OFF   |
| innodb_background_scrub_data_uncompressed | OFF   |
| innodb_compression_algorithm              | zlib  |
| innodb_compression_failure_threshold_pct  | 5     |
| innodb_compression_level                  | 6     |
| innodb_compression_pad_pct_max            | 50    |
| innodb_immediate_scrub_data_uncompressed  | OFF   |
| innodb_log_compressed_pages               | OFF   |
| slave_compressed_protocol                 | OFF   |
+-------------------------------------------+-------+

MariaDB [test]> SHOW STATUS LIKE '%compress%';
+------------------------------------------+-------+
| Variable_name                            | Value |
+------------------------------------------+-------+
| Compression                              | OFF   |
| Innodb_page_compression_saved            | 0     |
| Innodb_page_compression_trim_sect512     | 0     |
| Innodb_page_compression_trim_sect1024    | 0     |
| Innodb_page_compression_trim_sect2048    | 0     |
| Innodb_page_compression_trim_sect4096    | 0     |
| Innodb_page_compression_trim_sect8192    | 0     |
| Innodb_page_compression_trim_sect16384   | 0     |
| Innodb_page_compression_trim_sect32768   | 0     |
| Innodb_num_pages_page_compressed         | 0     |
| Innodb_num_page_compressed_trim_op       | 0     |
| Innodb_num_page_compressed_trim_op_saved | 0     |
| Innodb_num_pages_page_decompressed       | 0     |
| Innodb_num_pages_page_compression_error  | 0     |
| Innodb_defragment_compression_failures   | 0     |
+------------------------------------------+-------+

MariaDB [test]> SELECT * FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.INNODB_SYS_TABLESPACES;
+-------+-------------+------+-------------+------------+-----------+---------------+
| SPACE | NAME        | FLAG | FILE_FORMAT | ROW_FORMAT | PAGE_SIZE | ZIP_PAGE_SIZE |
+-------+-------------+------+-------------+------------+-----------+---------------+
|   145 | test/T1     |  865 | Barracuda   | Dynamic    |     16384 |             0 |
+-------+-------------+------+-------------+------------+-----------+---------------+

MariaDB [test]> SHOW STATUS LIKE '%compress%';
+------------------------------------------+-------+
| Variable_name                            | Value |
+------------------------------------------+-------+
| Compression                              | OFF   |
| Innodb_page_compression_saved            | 0     |
| Innodb_page_compression_trim_sect512     | 0     |
| Innodb_page_compression_trim_sect1024    | 0     |
| Innodb_page_compression_trim_sect2048    | 0     |
| Innodb_page_compression_trim_sect4096    | 0     |
| Innodb_page_compression_trim_sect8192    | 0     |
| Innodb_page_compression_trim_sect16384   | 0     |
| Innodb_page_compression_trim_sect32768   | 0     |
| Innodb_num_pages_page_compressed         | 0     |
| Innodb_num_page_compressed_trim_op       | 0     |
| Innodb_num_page_compressed_trim_op_saved | 0     |
| Innodb_num_pages_page_decompressed       | 0     |
| Innodb_num_pages_page_compression_error  | 0     |
| Innodb_defragment_compression_failures   | 0     |
+------------------------------------------+-------+