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Systems and methods for distributed file processing are disclosed. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method for distributed file processing in a distributed network may include: (1) receiving, at a first distributed host in a network of a plurality of distributed hosts, an archive command; (2) the first distributed host identifying a plurality of files in a shared file system to archive in response to the archive command; (3) the first distributed host splitting at least one of the plurality of files that is above a predetermined size into a plurality of file chunks; (4) the first distributed host instructing a second distributed host to archive one of the plurality of files or plurality of file chunks to a store; and (5) the first distributed host and the second distributed host archiving the plurality of files and the plurality of file chunks to the store.