If you see over 100,000 files under 4KB each, a repack into archives is highly recommended. Step 2: Choose a Repack Strategy | Strategy | When to use | Example | |----------|-------------|---------| | Solid archive | Many small text files | tar --solid -caf archive.tar.zst | | Chunked archives | For parallel transfer | Split into 2GB .7z.001 files | | Filesystem image | Read-only distribution | mkfs.erofs or squashfs | | Database export | Filedot uses SQLite/MySQL | mysqldump + compress | Step 3: Perform the Repack (Local or In-Transit) Option A: Local repack then transfer
echo "Transferring to Belarus" rsync -avP $ARCHIVE_NAME $BELARUS_HOST:$BELARUS_PATH/ filedot to belarus repack
TIMESTAMP=$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S) ARCHIVE_NAME="filedot_repack_$TIMESTAMP.tar.zst" If you see over 100,000 files under 4KB