Title: Backup errors – Compression is slowing backup
Last modified: October 4, 2017

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# Backup errors – Compression is slowing backup

 *  Resolved [dmitrinaz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dmitrinaz/)
 * (@dmitrinaz)
 * [8 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backup-errors-compression-is-slowing-backup/)
 * Hello,
 * It seems that your system is slowing down the compression process with new release.
   I used an older version of your tool on my other site with 10 time the content
   with no issues. However, it seems that this plugin version is having issues with
   compression. I tried to use all 4 different compression options – but all of 
   them are extremely slow.
 *     ```
       [INFO] BackWPup 3.4.1; A project of Inpsyde GmbH
       [INFO] WordPress 4.8.1 on https://www.site.com/
       ```
   
 *     ```
       [04-Oct-2017 13:35:28] 1. Trying to create backup archive …
       [04-Oct-2017 13:35:28] Compressing files as Tar. Please be patient, this may take a moment.
       [04-Oct-2017 13:42:24] WARNING: Job restarts due to inactivity for more than 5 minutes.
       ```
   
 * As you can see I barely have any data on my site;
    `146M /var/www/site.com/html/`
 *     ```
       # cat /proc/loadavg 
       0.00 0.02 0.00 1/185 29631
       ```
   
 * For sure not a memory issue – I have plenty of available memory.
 *     ```
       # free -mh
                    total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
       Mem:          3.9G       1.4G       2.4G        56M        88M       778M
       -/+ buffers/cache:       611M       3.3G
       Swap:         511M       192K       511M
       ```
   

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 *  Thread Starter [dmitrinaz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dmitrinaz/)
 * (@dmitrinaz)
 * [8 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backup-errors-compression-is-slowing-backup/#post-9555759)
 * I was able to resolve this issue by updating the main setting ‘Reduce server 
   load’ from Low to Medium.
 * Sounds like you guys should review that setting and maybe add an error code explaining
   that =) Just a recommendation.
 *  [happyAnt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/duongcuong96/)
 * (@duongcuong96)
 * [8 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backup-errors-compression-is-slowing-backup/#post-9556383)
 * [@dmitrinaz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dmitrinaz/),
    You can turn off“
   Reduce server load” for the fastest backup creation 🙂
 * Btw, If you find BackWPUp is useful for you, we would really appreciate if you
   leave a positive review and rating.
    This would encourage us to develop new free
   features and provide free support 😀 [https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/backwpup/reviews/](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/backwpup/reviews/)

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