Just to think out of the box: How about not creating archives, just leave the files as they are in a directory. For transferring, use a client that preserves di

Just to think out of the box: How about not creating archives, just leave the files as they are in a directory. For transferring, use a client that preserves directory structure. The space of such clients and their features or popularity is limited though. Rsync has millions flags that add complexity. Then you have bit torrent. From what I know it doesn’t compress. Others: git, nfs, ftp.