I am currently using Ionic zip librar y. I was curious if there is any faster than this?
As long as it has a faster compression algorithm, I don't care what it uses.
Did you try ZipPackage ?
Not knowing what exactly means faster (compress large files? Packages from bundles of files? Complex directory structure?) Is difficult to answer.
I did not make any speed comparisons, but I always preferred SharpZipLib . And of course, this will allow you to specify the level of compression. Lower compression will be faster.
Try http://sevenzipsharp.codeplex.com/ . Or try any zip library and use a low compression ratio.