# Backups keep taking down my forum

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/backups-keep-taking-down-my-forum/295698>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Tags:** backups\
**Created:** [February 17, 2024, 5:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/backups-keep-taking-down-my-forum/295698 "2024-02-17T05:00:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2024, 6:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/backups-keep-taking-down-my-forum/295698/5 "2024-02-19T18:08:15Z")

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> [@piffy](#):
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> `/var/www/discourse/tmp/`

You need to see that you also put that directory on your 300GB partition. That’s the one that’s filling the disk.

You could also consider moving uploads to that partition.

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