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#16402 Backup file is the double of web size

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Latest post by nicholas on Thursday, 13 June 2013 15:59 CDT

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Mandatory information about my setup:

Have I read the related troubleshooter articles above before posting (which pages?)? Yes
Have I searched the tickets before posting? Yes
Have I read the documentation before posting (which pages?)? Yes (akeebabackup.com/documentation/troubleshooter.html)
Joomla! version: 2.5.11
PHP version: 5.3.2
MySQL version: 5.1.41
Host: Dinahosting
Akeeba Backup version: Akeeba Backup Professional 3.7.7

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Description of my issue:
Hello,
Few days ago I migrated a website, http://www.estudiasonavegas.es, to its new domains, http://www.estudiasonavegas.com, with kikstart.
I had no problem and everything is fine. Both domains are located in the same hosting company (dinahosting) but in diferent servers. The first domain, estudiasonavegas.es, is not deleted yet because whe are checking that everything is ok in the second domain, estudiasonavegas.com but it has a 301 redirection to the second domain.
The problem is that when I try to backup the website with akeeba I get a two part backup with to files, .JPA= 1,12GB and J01=2,15Gb. That is the double of the size of the website.

I've thought that may be because the backup is taking both domains but its strange because they are located in diferent servers.
What can be the problem?
Thanks a lot.
JM Somoza

nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager
The backup reads the files from your server. It is impossible to read files from a different server without having given a software connection information to the server.

As to why your backup is very big, here's the answer from your log file:

INFO |130613 20:45:22|Breaking step _before_ large file: <root>/site-www.estudiasonavegas.es-20130608-185217.jpa - size: 1635972462

You have a 1.52Gb backup archive in your site's root. Please delete it and try backing up your site again.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

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