# Can't restore a 20GB backup on a 60GB Digital Ocean instance (fresh Discourse install)

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-restore-a-20gb-backup-on-a-60gb-digital-ocean-instance-fresh-discourse-install/77350>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [Janeiro 6, 2018, 2:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-restore-a-20gb-backup-on-a-60gb-digital-ocean-instance-fresh-discourse-install/77350 "2018-01-06T02:49:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\
**Post date:** [Janeiro 6, 2018, 10:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-restore-a-20gb-backup-on-a-60gb-digital-ocean-instance-fresh-discourse-install/77350/3 "2018-01-06T22:45:04Z")

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> [@meglio](#):
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> The UI stuck at “CREATE INDEX…”.

I would first follow @codinghorror recommendation here and do a restore of database only and copy files by hand.

Additionally, for meta when I restored it sat for about **30 minutes** on `CREATE INDEX`, you are just going to have to wait it out. To speed it up somewhat you could increase: `db_shared_buffers` per:

> <https://github.com/discourse/discourse_docker/blob/master/samples/standalone.yml#L29-L31>

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