Automated file transfer of small files

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Hello All,

I would like to automate file transfer of folders containing ~12500 200k JPEG images and ~12500 200 byte text files from a tool on a local network to another location on the LAN . The problem is that the small file sizes make this a very slow and painful process.

I would like to if possible do the following:

  1. Queue up several folders.
  2. Zip the contents of the folders.
  3. Transfer zip files to another LAN location.
  4. UnZip the files at their new location.

UltraVNC does this in its file transfer utility seamlessly but, it is difficult to overcome security hurdles to make this work.
If there is a better solution to the above suggested process please advise.

Best Regards,
Karl

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Am I wrong in thinking that unzipping the files requires transferring them over the LAN again, making the ZIP steps unnecessary if they are there to make the process run faster?

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Yep, unzipping needs to be done on destination, if you want max. performance.