# 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:** ![ljpp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ljpp/32/96506_2.png) [@ljpp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ljpp)\
**Post date:** [Janeiro 7, 2018, 7:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-restore-a-20gb-backup-on-a-60gb-digital-ocean-instance-fresh-discourse-install/77350/5 "2018-01-07T07:53:08Z")

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Alternative solution would have been increase your droplet size temporarily, scaling back when the job is done.

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