title: Software configuration management tool for hundreds of binary files, many are large
body: <p>Note: I've tried searching, Stackoverflows near useless. I am not sure what kind of tool I need.</p>
  
  <p>At my organization we need to keep track of the software configuration for many types of computers including the binary installers and automation scripts. Change is infrequent but the size of latest version of the configuration is several gigs. </p>
  
  <p>We are trying to use Mercurial to store changes but it is just too slow, even without many revisions at all. I did an hg status but killed it after it took 10 minutes without finishing.</p>
  
  <p>We are looking for a way to store the current configuration as well as having the old configurations there just in case. I have never done anything like this before and do not know what tools are available or even suitable for such tasks. Can someone point me in the right direction or tell me how the are solving this problem? Thanks</p>