Have I read the related troubleshooter articles above before posting (which pages?)? Yes, all listed
Have I searched the tickets before posting? Yes, can't find same problem
Have I read the documentation before posting (which pages?)? Yes...various ones...I read them all the time
Joomla! version: 2.5.7
PHP version: 5.3.10
MySQL version: 5.1.63-cli
Host: InMotion Hosting
Akeeba Backup version: 3.6.7 Pro
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Description of my issue:
When I create a backup, with the output directory being inside the root directory, my backup result is about 84 MB and takes about 19 seconds to create. This is consistent with other backups I have made and the size of the site.
When I create a backup, with the output directory being *outside* the root directory, the result is about 674 MB and takes 1 minutes 34 seconds to create.
I'm not sure why the files ends up being so huge when I specify a directory outside the root? My configuration.php file *is* inside the root directory.
Sorry if there is already a post/ticket about this somewhere, but I couldn't find it.
Log file:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/5pkjojthv70t8vp/akeeba.backend.log