diff --git a/pkg/archive/fsBackend.go b/pkg/archive/fsBackend.go
index 1e9d7db..22c1772 100644
--- a/pkg/archive/fsBackend.go
+++ b/pkg/archive/fsBackend.go
@@ -603,19 +603,52 @@ func (fsa *FsArchive) ImportJob(
 		return err
 	}
 
-	f, err = os.Create(path.Join(dir, "data.json"))
-	if err != nil {
-		cclog.Error("Error while creating filepath for data.json")
+	var dataBuf bytes.Buffer
+	if err := EncodeJobData(&dataBuf, jobData); err != nil {
+		cclog.Error("Error while encoding job metricdata")
 		return err
 	}
-	if err := EncodeJobData(f, jobData); err != nil {
-		cclog.Error("Error while encoding job metricdata to data.json file")
-		return err
+
+	if dataBuf.Len() > 2000 {
+		f, err = os.Create(path.Join(dir, "data.json.gz"))
+		if err != nil {
+			cclog.Error("Error while creating filepath for data.json.gz")
+			return err
+		}
+		gzipWriter := gzip.NewWriter(f)
+		if _, err := gzipWriter.Write(dataBuf.Bytes()); err != nil {
+			cclog.Error("Error while writing compressed job data")
+			gzipWriter.Close()
+			f.Close()
+			return err
+		}
+		if err := gzipWriter.Close(); err != nil {
+			cclog.Warn("Error while closing gzip writer")
+			f.Close()
+			return err
+		}
+		if err := f.Close(); err != nil {
+			cclog.Warn("Error while closing data.json.gz file")
+			return err
+		}
+	} else {
+		f, err = os.Create(path.Join(dir, "data.json"))
+		if err != nil {
+			cclog.Error("Error while creating filepath for data.json")
+			return err
+		}
+		if _, err := f.Write(dataBuf.Bytes()); err != nil {
+			cclog.Error("Error while writing job metricdata to data.json file")
+			f.Close()
+			return err
+		}
+		if err := f.Close(); err != nil {
+			cclog.Warn("Error while closing data.json file")
+			return err
+		}
 	}
-	if err := f.Close(); err != nil {
-		cclog.Warn("Error while closing data.json file")
-	}
-	return err
+
+	return nil
 }
 
 func (fsa *FsArchive) StoreClusterCfg(name string, config *schema.Cluster) error {
diff --git a/pkg/archive/s3Backend.go b/pkg/archive/s3Backend.go
index 5b3d9f0..eacdde7 100644
--- a/pkg/archive/s3Backend.go
+++ b/pkg/archive/s3Backend.go
@@ -467,7 +467,6 @@ func (s3a *S3Archive) StoreJobMeta(job *schema.Job) error {
 func (s3a *S3Archive) ImportJob(jobMeta *schema.Job, jobData *schema.JobData) error {
 	ctx := context.Background()
 
-	// Upload meta.json
 	metaKey := getS3Key(jobMeta, "meta.json")
 	var metaBuf bytes.Buffer
 	if err := EncodeJobMeta(&metaBuf, jobMeta); err != nil {
@@ -485,18 +484,37 @@ func (s3a *S3Archive) ImportJob(jobMeta *schema.Job, jobData *schema.JobData) er
 		return err
 	}
 
-	// Upload data.json
-	dataKey := getS3Key(jobMeta, "data.json")
 	var dataBuf bytes.Buffer
 	if err := EncodeJobData(&dataBuf, jobData); err != nil {
 		cclog.Error("S3Archive ImportJob() > encoding data error")
 		return err
 	}
 
+	var dataKey string
+	var dataBytes []byte
+
+	if dataBuf.Len() > 2000 {
+		dataKey = getS3Key(jobMeta, "data.json.gz")
+		var compressedBuf bytes.Buffer
+		gzipWriter := gzip.NewWriter(&compressedBuf)
+		if _, err := gzipWriter.Write(dataBuf.Bytes()); err != nil {
+			cclog.Errorf("S3Archive ImportJob() > gzip write error: %v", err)
+			return err
+		}
+		if err := gzipWriter.Close(); err != nil {
+			cclog.Errorf("S3Archive ImportJob() > gzip close error: %v", err)
+			return err
+		}
+		dataBytes = compressedBuf.Bytes()
+	} else {
+		dataKey = getS3Key(jobMeta, "data.json")
+		dataBytes = dataBuf.Bytes()
+	}
+
 	_, err = s3a.client.PutObject(ctx, &s3.PutObjectInput{
 		Bucket: aws.String(s3a.bucket),
 		Key:    aws.String(dataKey),
-		Body:   bytes.NewReader(dataBuf.Bytes()),
+		Body:   bytes.NewReader(dataBytes),
 	})
 	if err != nil {
 		cclog.Errorf("S3Archive ImportJob() > PutObject data error: %v", err)
diff --git a/pkg/archive/sqliteBackend.go b/pkg/archive/sqliteBackend.go
index 49aeb79..589beea 100644
--- a/pkg/archive/sqliteBackend.go
+++ b/pkg/archive/sqliteBackend.go
@@ -361,16 +361,37 @@ func (sa *SqliteArchive) ImportJob(jobMeta *schema.Job, jobData *schema.JobData)
 		return err
 	}
 
+	var dataBytes []byte
+	var compressed bool
+
+	if dataBuf.Len() > 2000 {
+		var compressedBuf bytes.Buffer
+		gzipWriter := gzip.NewWriter(&compressedBuf)
+		if _, err := gzipWriter.Write(dataBuf.Bytes()); err != nil {
+			cclog.Errorf("SqliteArchive ImportJob() > gzip write error: %v", err)
+			return err
+		}
+		if err := gzipWriter.Close(); err != nil {
+			cclog.Errorf("SqliteArchive ImportJob() > gzip close error: %v", err)
+			return err
+		}
+		dataBytes = compressedBuf.Bytes()
+		compressed = true
+	} else {
+		dataBytes = dataBuf.Bytes()
+		compressed = false
+	}
+
 	now := time.Now().Unix()
 	_, err := sa.db.Exec(`
 		INSERT INTO jobs (job_id, cluster, start_time, meta_json, data_json, data_compressed, created_at, updated_at)
-		VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, 0, ?, ?)
+		VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)
 		ON CONFLICT(job_id, cluster, start_time) DO UPDATE SET
 			meta_json = excluded.meta_json,
 			data_json = excluded.data_json,
 			data_compressed = excluded.data_compressed,
 			updated_at = excluded.updated_at
-	`, jobMeta.JobID, jobMeta.Cluster, jobMeta.StartTime, metaBuf.Bytes(), dataBuf.Bytes(), now, now)
+	`, jobMeta.JobID, jobMeta.Cluster, jobMeta.StartTime, metaBuf.Bytes(), dataBytes, compressed, now, now)
 	if err != nil {
 		cclog.Errorf("SqliteArchive ImportJob() > insert error: %v", err)
 		return err