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mt1895
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…I realized that wordpress will duplicate and add images in multiple sizes so I tripled the original sizes of each of the 8 images I added between backups and it only added up to 31mb which is a FAR cry from 3gb.
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mt1895
(@mt1895)
…alas team, I do believe we have an issue with the backup size with the plugin.
Here’s a summary how I arrived at the fact that this plugin may have a sizing problem.
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5-25-2018 – I migrate my live 6gb website to my live test site where I test changes. Notice the backup size from the main site was only 6gb and since it was a straight migration, I assumed it was the same size on the test site; was I wrong to assume that?
5-28-2018 – I added 8 images with text to the site which consumed no more than 31mb in total size.
5-29-2018 – I updated about 6 plugins from Thrive Theme on the main site.
5-31-2018 (today) I backed up the main site and it created a 9gb backup which appears to be a problem.
5-31-2018 – I thought perhaps the updated plugins were the culprit so I proceed to backup the test site which at this point is a mirror version of the main site on 5-25-2018. I had plan to update the same plugins on the test site after the backup of the test site and then back it up again to see if that is where the size difference was coming from.
You can imagine my ABSOLUTE SHOCK when the test site which haven’t changed AT ALL FROM THE MIGRATION created a backup size of 16GB, well over double the size of the original backup on the main site. —- How is that at all possible? At the very least it should have only been 6gb and defintely no more than 9gb which is the current size of the main site.
Please help me sort through this.
Thank you.
@mt1895
Please can you email us at support at servmask dot com so that we can address these issues with you.
Cheers
Lesley
Plugin Author
Yani
(@yaniiliev)
@mt1895
You should drag the two backups to https://traktor.servmask.com and see the differences.
My guess is that there are cache files created by something else on the system or an error log somewhere
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mt1895
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This ticket is indeed resolved thanks to the entire Servmask team as everyone contributed to it’s resolution.
LesleyM suggested that I send my support request to Servmask support team.
Yani suggested that I compare my backup files via a servmask trakor page which wasn’t intuitive but the right place and action for my solution.
Pim suggested from the Servmask support team, emailed that I open up two separate browser of trakor.servmask and drag my files into them for comparison.
After I placed the first 6GB backup into the trakor and it completed, I immediately knew why my backups were increasing.
Before I purchased “All In One WP-Migration plugin, I purchased UpdraftPlus and still allow it to automatically backup my WP database in its entirety.
Updraft backups remain on my WP server until I manually pull them to an external device.
When I run a AI1 backup, it save EVERYTHING including newly saved backups by UpdraftPLUS.
I pulled off all my UpdraftPlus backups to an external drive then deleted them all from my WP-Server.
Next I ran another AI1WPM backup and “VOILA!” it’s back to just 6GB from the crazy 16GB it grew to from the extra backups.
This is a GREAT plugin and you guys really do offer a great service.
My permanent solution is to delete the UpdraftPlus plugin because it is highly unlikely I will need it any longer.
Thanks again “Team-Servmask”.
