# Suddenly having backup failures

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**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Tags:** backups\
**Created:** [September 18, 2023, 9:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suddenly-having-backup-failures/279439 "2023-09-18T21:01:25Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 19, 2023, 7:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suddenly-having-backup-failures/279439/2 "2023-09-19T07:51:21Z")

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> [@carmiac](#):
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> However, `df -h` gives 7.5GB free. I’m backing up to AWS, and user uploads are at 5.9GB

You need enough space to hold the uncompressed database and the images.

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