Automated archiving of user generated media files

A computer-implemented method comprising:

• scanning a data storage device of a computer system for a plurality of files;
• monitoring, during the scanning of the data storage device, performance of resources of the computer system;
• adjusting, based on the performance of the resources of the computer system, an allocation of the resources to the scanning of the data storage device;
• identifying one or more user generated media files;
• adding a directory including the one or more user generated media files to an upload directory list on the computer system, wherein the upload directory list is a list of directories;
• for each directory in the upload directory list:
• determining whether the user generated one or more media files are stored in a server;
• uploading, after determining the user generated one or more media files are not stored in the server, the one or more user generated media files to the server;
• and
• deleting at least one of the user generated one or more media files from the data storage device after the one or more user generated media files are uploaded to the server.

A system comprising:

• a data storage device;
• and
• one or more processors in communication with the data storage device and configured to:
• scan a data storage device of a computer system for a plurality of files;
• monitor, during the scanning of the data storage device, performance of resources of the computer system;
• adjust, based on the performance of the resources of the computer system, an allocation of the resources to the scanning of the data storage device;
• identify one or more user generated media files from the plurality of files;
• add a directory including the one or more user generated media files to an upload directory list on the computer system, wherein the upload directory list is a list of directories;
• for each directory in the upload directory list:
• determine whether the one or more user generated media files in the directory are stored in a server;
• upload, after determining the user generated one or more media files are not stored in the server, the one or more user generated media files to the server;
• and
• delete at least one of the one or more user generated media files from the data storage device after the one or more user generated media files are uploaded to the server.