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I want to use BizTalk to zip an incoming file (unstructured text file) and then send it via FTP to another system. This is a large file (+5Mb) there is a requirement to zip the file before sending it to the other system.
My first thought was to use a zip component in a send pipeline. But being new to BizTalk I am not sure if this is the best way, i.e., wouldn’t BizTalk be slow to process a large file like this?
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It will certainly be slower to process than a smaller file and will take up more resources. How much will depend a lot on what you expect to do with it, though. If you don't really care about the file contents, then just do it the other way around: compress it during receive with a custom component in a receive pipeline; this will be far more efficient and will help conserve a lot of biztalk resources for the remainder of processing.
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Anonymous,
I have certainly seen applications that zipped in the send pipeline, so technically it should be no problem.
As to size, I wouldn't worry. First, you're not processing it – it's just a blob. Second, BTS 2006 handles bigger files more comfortably than prvious versions.
As to timing – why worry – you're going out to FTP and inherently async protocol.
John D.
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I need to do something similar and was going to just use a .NET compnent when someone pointed me to "Pro BizTalk 2006", Chapter 5 (ISBN: 1-59059-699-4).
I need to take more than 100 files in a batch and compress and send them individually via http://ftp. Since I can file drop them locally, I can setup a receive pipleline to take care of this after the batch completes or at anytime we need. Don't forget file naming standards as well.
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