PHP Fatal error memory exhausted

HI, Got a couple errors in the backup last night.

version 3.1.4

295 folders to backup.
[07-Dec-2014 04:00:33] 1. Trying to create a WordPress export to XML file …
[07-Dec-2014 12:03:32] PHP Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 268435456 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 262144 bytes) in /home/fmsreliab/domains/reliabilitycalendar.org/public_html/wp-content/plugins/backwpup/inc/class-jobtype-wpexp.php on line 307 [07-Dec-2014 04:03:32] ERROR: Allowed memory size of 268435456 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 262144 bytes)
[07-Dec-2014 04:03:32] Restart will be executed now.
[07-Dec-2014 04:03:33] 2. Trying to create a WordPress export to XML file …
[07-Dec-2014 12:06:41] PHP Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 268435456 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 262144 bytes) in /home/fmsreliab/domains/reliabilitycalendar.org/public_html/wp-content/plugins/backwpup/inc/class-jobtype-wpexp.php on line 307 [07-Dec-2014 04:06:41] ERROR: Allowed memory size of 268435456 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 262144 bytes)
[07-Dec-2014 04:06:42] Restart will be executed now.
[07-Dec-2014 04:06:44] 3. Trying to create a WordPress export to XML file …
[07-Dec-2014 12:10:23] PHP Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 268435456 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 262144 bytes) in /home/fmsreliab/domains/reliabilitycalendar.org/public_html/wp-content/plugins/backwpup/inc/class-jobtype-wpexp.php on line 307 [07-Dec-2014 04:10:23] ERROR: Allowed memory size of 268435456 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 262144 bytes)
[07-Dec-2014 04:10:23] Restart will be executed now.
[07-Dec-2014 04:10:24] ERROR: Step aborted: too many attempts!

I believe my php size is set to 256M and what the BU is trying to allocate is 2.5M, if I’m reading that right.

Looks like everything else is working (1 filename too long and I can fix that).

Cheers,

Fred

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