# CLI archive deployments are now up to 30% faster with split\-tgz archive option

**Published:** January 16, 2025 | **Authors:** Austin Merrick, Trek Glowacki, Nathan Rajlich, Jeff See

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The [archive option](/docs/cli/deploy#archive) was introduced for CLI deployments hitting rate limits like the [limit on the maximum amount of files](/docs/limits/overview#files). [Prebuilt deployments](https://vercel.com/docs/cli/deploy#prebuilt) commonly use archive uploads as they generate thousands of files at build time.

Previously, archive deployments were always compressed into one large file with the only existing `--archive` option, `tgz`. Deployments using `tgz` may hit the [file size upload limit](/docs/limits/overview#static-file-uploads). Additionally, uploading one large archive file is slower than uploading multiple file parts.

The **beta ****`split-tgz`**** format **resolves these issues by splitting large archives into smaller parts. **`split-tgz`** avoids the static file upload limit and uploads large prebuilt projects **up to 30% faster**.

**Example usage: ****`vercel deploy --archive=split-tgz`**

Learn more about [CLI deployments](https://vercel.com/docs/cli/deploy#vercel-deploy).

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