Are my files too big to backup?

Hi,

Please can you provide a link to your log file for the problematic backup? (You can download it from the “Existing Backups” tab of your UpdraftPlus settings page).

It’ll be too long to paste into the forum here, but you can download it to your computer, and share it with Dropbox, or paste it in pastebin.com, or any similar service, and post the link here.

Best wishes,
David

Hi,

Thank you. The log shows that you’ve set the “split” size to 25,000 Mb. The larger the split size, the more resources are required, due to the way the zip file format works. You should reduce that size; based on what I can see in the log, back to 2Gb or less. UD has an algorithm for splitting more early if it finds resources lacking, and in your log file, that gets activated twice, so it gets down to 6,500Mb; 2Gb might still be too high, in which case try 1Gb if it doesn’t work.

David

Hi Nick,

How long a backup takes is a function of many things; the server hardware, the server load (which can also depend on the time of the backup – what else is running), any administrative limits on resources on the server, the backup size, and UpdraftPlus settings. The main UD setting to make things go quicker is the split. The default setting is 500Mb. The bigger you make it, the slower things go – because larger zip files are being manipulated, and zip isn’t the most efficient file format out there (but is one that everybody is familiar with). To go faster, put it down back to the default; some other tips are here: https://updraftplus.com/faqs/how-much-resources-does-updraftplus-need/

David