Abstract: Certain embodiments of the present invention provide an improved system and method for reducing transfer overhead of medical evidence data to a storage device. Certain embodiments of the method include determining an image count for a medical study including one or more images and comparing the image count for the medical study to image counts for other medical studies to be transferred to calculate a relative image count. Certain embodiments include identifying availability of computing resources, allocating available computing resources to the medical study based on the relative image count, and transferring the medical study using the allocated computing resources. In an embodiment, more computing resources are allocated to a medical study with a high relative image count than to a medical study with a low relative image count. Available computing resources may be selectively allocated based on relative image count to reduce transfer overhead.