Title: Average time
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Average time

 *  Resolved [Mark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brasiltemas/)
 * (@brasiltemas)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/average-time/)
 * The dropbox backup is running for 3500 sec, what is the average time to complete
   it?
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/dropbox-backup/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/dropbox-backup/)

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 *  Plugin Author [backup-dropbox](https://wordpress.org/support/users/backup-dropbox/)
 * (@backup-dropbox)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/average-time/#post-6952228)
 * The average time of completion has many dependencies from server/hosting, like:
    - quantity of website files for backup;
    - size of website files for backup;
    - PHP extensions (script optimization, archiving, etc.);
    - web server limitations (multithreading, connections timeout, etc.);
    - backup script limitations (script running time, rights permissions etc.);
    - server load;
    - RAM memory / SWAP memory;
    - rights permissions (for backup script, for folders and files);
    - server hardware dependencies;
    - WordPress cron scheduler;
    - etc.
 * The calculation of these indicators requires a lot of time and access rights.
   
   We don’t want to lie to our users, that’s why we just show how much time has 
   passed. The average time for website about 50 Mb can take **approximately** up
   to 360 seconds. (please, take a look on dependencies)
 * **If the server doesn’t return any answers to a backup script of plugin (neither
   bad, nor good), the backup script doesn’t know if the backup is completed or 
   not. And time ticks further…
    Anyway, the process will be completed and you will
   see the final response from your server or hosting.
 *  Thread Starter [Mark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brasiltemas/)
 * (@brasiltemas)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/average-time/#post-6952236)
 * Hello, thank you for your response.
 * Im getting this error in yellow text box:
 * 2016-01-17 13:16:09 Website “mydomain.com” returned an error during database 
   dump creation: ‘Dump of Database wasn’t created: “No result of the command”‘.
   To solve this problem, please check your database system logs or send to us your
   FTP access data. You can send to us support request using “Help” button on plugin
   page.
 * Where do I found this log? Im using a LEMP (php + mysql + nginx) installation
   on Ubuntu 14.04.
 *  Plugin Author [backup-dropbox](https://wordpress.org/support/users/backup-dropbox/)
 * (@backup-dropbox)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/average-time/#post-6952397)
 * Hello brasiltemas,
 * please, try to do backup with the latest Dropbox backup and restore plugin version.
   
   Thank you! The Dropbox backup plugin **will be also updated** within next week.

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 * Last activity: [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/average-time/#post-6952397)
 * Status: resolved