Is there a maximum files size limit to the autobackup plugin?
3 posts by 2 authors in: Forums > CMS Builder: Plugins & Add-ons
Last Post: February 22 (RSS)
By Codee - February 11
I've used the autobackup plugin for years...love it and love the updates to it that enabled basically a full site backup. No problems until recently and I "think" the fix may be a simple series of upgrades...which I have NOT done yet but wanted to get clarity on the issue first. This particular site is still using CMSUltima v3.75 (Build 2818) with autobackup plugin v1.04. The plugin times out and I'm guessing it's probably a resource issue as the combined website files are a little over 4Gb (two of the pdf files are nearly a gig each). Does this sound correct that it's just too much?
By Dave - February 22
Hi Codee,
Auto Backup backs up your MySQL database, so it shouldn't include PDFs. But yes, once your backup files become very large or the server times out, the next step is to check for other backup options available through your hosting provider.
If you're thinking of the "Website Backup" feature under Admin > Backup & Restore > Website Backup, it can also experience similar timeout issues with large sites. What you can do is create an empty file named .cms-no-backup in any folder to exclude it from backups. That way, you can skip those large PDFs. Just make sure you back up those PDFs somewhere else.
And yes, once your backup files become very large or the server times out, it's worth checking with your hosting provider for other backup options.
Hope that helps!
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