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#16520 Limitation on Database Size?

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Latest post by user37365 on Monday, 24 June 2013 09:00 CDT

Monday, 24 June 2013 08:44 CDT

user37365
Mandatory information about my setup:

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Description of my issue:

Hi Nicholas. We have a site which has a DB size of about 1GB. Will Akeeba Backup be able to backup the entire site, including the DB or is there a limitation on that?

Thanks,
Antonis

Monday, 24 June 2013 08:52 CDT

nicholas
Normally there is no problem, but I strongly doubt that you have 1Gb of useful data. Most likely the bulk of it is Smart Search data which is automatically excluded anyway. A lot of it could be logs or other temporary information that needn't be backed up. That said, I know of a sports site with a 10Gb database (i.e. an endless amount of football fans insulting each other in the articles' comments...) that did get backed up and restored to another server successfully.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

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Monday, 24 June 2013 08:54 CDT

user37365
Thanks Nicholas. I think the data is all valid, cause we are have an API connectivity with a hotel website and we are storing alot of info on the DB. I will give it a shot to see if it works. If the logs do not give me an error, should I assume that it was backed up correctly?

Monday, 24 June 2013 08:59 CDT

nicholas
Yes, of course.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

Monday, 24 June 2013 09:00 CDT

user37365
Excellent ticketing tool btw :) Will also give that a shot!

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