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Ronald Aoki
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May 6, 2016 at 4:32 pm
Hello,
What is the best way to Reduce Database and File Size of our Website using EE?
Currently, each backup using the Backup WordPress plugin is at 2 gigs, which is way too large.
Would you recommend deleting old events that have closed to reduce the size of the site upon backup?
Our website is not graphics heavy, so I’m guessing the bulk of the website size comes from the database of registrants, but I’m not sure.
Please advise.
Thank you.
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Lorenzo Orlando Caum
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May 9, 2016 at 5:47 am
Hello,
Information for Event Espresso is stored as text so it would not be taking up a majority of your backup file size.
Your backup tool may be backing up the entire site which would include the uploads folder which would hold images and other media files (e.g. PDFs). Those are likely taking up most of the space.
Does your tool have a profiling option that tells you the content that is being backed up?
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Lorenzo
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Ronald Aoki
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May 11, 2016 at 9:10 pm
Thank you for your help, Lorenzo.
After reading your tips and suggestions and after further research on my side, I found that I had a clone or two of the entire site from a year ago stored in the uploads folder after incorrectly using a cloning plugin.
After deleting those files, the total size of the database and files together is under 100MB as it should be.
We can close this ticket. Thanks, again.
Best regards to all at EE.
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