Crashed my website twice

  • Even if I chose Dropbox for backups and authorized everything, Updraft plus kept backing up on my host’s server. Filled up drive space, and crashed my website. Twice. I’m uninstalling now.

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  • Plugin Author David Anderson

    (@davidanderson)

    Hi Etienne,

    Please do use the support forum if you have a problem:
    https://www.ads-software.com/support/plugin/updraftplus

    Even if I chose Dropbox for backups and authorized everything, Updraft plus kept backing up on my host’s server

    All zip-file-based backup solutions necessarily have to:
    1) Create the zip file in your disk space, then
    2) Send it to Dropbox

    This is necessary, because Dropbox only provides an interface to receive a complete zip file – you can’t send it the files to go in it, and have Dropbox re-construct it.

    As such, if you have inadequate disk space to create a backup, you can’t use a zip-based backup solution. That’s not an UpdraftPlus flaw; you’ll get it with every zip-based solution. Also useful:
    https://updraftplus.com/faqs/how-much-free-disk-space-do-i-need-to-create-a-backup/

    Best wishes,
    David

    Thread Starter Etienne Juneau

    (@etienne-juneau)

    OK, I got it. I guess it’s a limitation of your plug-in, still. But thx.

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