Server Add Skip Existing Files (autosync sort of)

Hi All,

I'm Using G3 Fine, I've About 250.000+ Images To Add Sorted On 5 Folders...

If On My "Folder 1" I Start "Server Add" Module Adding Images I Must Keep
The Page Opened Until The Job Is Finished...

I Also Know That If I Close That Window / Or The Program Crash / Or The PC
Reboot For Some Unknown Reason I Must Go In Maintenance Area And Resume It

...But... What Happen If I Can't Resume The Job??

If I Reselect The Same "Folder 1" Server Add Can Skip Existing Files
Already Imported On Dbase? Or It Start Again From Scratch?

Also It's Possible To Generate The Little Thumbnails From Resized Images
Instead Using Original One?

It's Possible To Select The JPG Quality Of Generated Images (resize/thumb) To
Speed Up The Process?

Thanks In Advance...

Thanks For The Kindly Reply Dave...

I've Set
- image_quality: 75
- image_sharpen 15

Also Disabled Exif_GPS Module
And Now The "Server Add" Process Is A Bit More Faster...

My Question Is Still Valid Since I've Done A Little Test And I've Found That "Add Server" Every Time I Try To Add The Same Folder It Create Another One With Strange String Of Numbers... test > become > test-1469080385

A Little Easy Example So You Can Try Yourself To Replicate The Problem:

1) Go In Your FTP Server In /var/upload/ folder
2) Create A "test" Folder
3) Create "1" Folder
4) Create "2" Folder
5) Create "3" Folder
6) Put An Image Inside Folder "1" "2" "3"
7) Do A "Server Add" And Select "test" Folder So Then You Can See The 3 Images In Your Gallery Inside The 3 Folders All Fine And Working As Expected! Until Now Right!
8) Now In FTP Create A Folder "4" in "test" Folder And A "1" Folder Inside "3" Folder Already Existing
9) Put An Image In The Two Folder Just Created
10) Import Again The "temp" Folder With "Server Add"

You Can Now See Tho Gallery Named "temp"! The Old One With "1" "2" "3" Folders And The New One With
"1" "2" "3" "4" Folders And "1" Inside "3" ...It's More Easy To Try And See ;) Than Write ehehe...

So Basically "Server Add" Is Unable To Sync An Already Existing Album And Subfolders...

Is There A Modified Version Of "Server Add" Able To sync/update The Gallery Without Recreate From Ground Zero
The Entire Folder/Subfolders Album? I Mean A "Server Add" Version That Can Also Check If An Image Is Already
Present On The /album Repository Folder / dBase
And Skip It? Or Ask To Replace The Image (maybe showing the old and new step by step so you can choose what to keep)?

When You Have More Than 200.000 Photos It's An Inhuman Task To Do!
I'll Like To Have An /upload Folder Well Organized By Hand By Me And Some Other Peoples And Then A Tool
That Can Import The New Folders And Images Inside The Gallery And Add New Folders If I Put New Folders
Inside An Album!

Thanks In Advance...

If You Need A Video Tutorial I Can Record It So You Can See What I Mean...

PS: I Don't Know If It's Considered A Bug Or A New Feature...

Thanks For The Answer Dave...

I've Understand Why "is by design" Anyway What Happen If I Add More Folder On /var/upload/folder1?

How Can I Insert New Images In An Already Existing Folder And Have Them Added To The Same Gallery Respecting Also Folder Structure?

...So We Cannot Change/Improve The "design"? :D

Unfortunately I'm Unable To Run Folder_sync Cron Script... Seems My ISP Don't Permit To Run Them, This Is The Only Solution I Have?

No One Have Had These Problems? All People Upload One Image At A Time And Never Add Some More Images To An Already Existing Gallery/Folder?

Later...