Total Backup Size is less than Total Uploads Size

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Hi there

I just wanted to know is it okay to have a Backup size smaller than total upload size as backup includes all the uploads.

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Screenshot (7)1063Ă—564 31.1 KB

The Bakup file should be greater in size or at least equal to the uploads size.

I am confused or there is some different logic here

Looking for some logical reply

Thanks

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Might the uploads be very compressible? The backup is compressed.

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By default, backups so not contain thumbnails, because they can be recreated. But the total upload size shown in the dashboard includes the disk usage of thumbnails.

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So this is not a problem of any kind and normal, right???

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Edit: yes, it’s normal, and it’s true for me too: uploads reported as 1.2G and a backup is 750M. I’ve checked my backups, and they include uploads/default/original but not uploads/default/optimized, which is as expected.

Edit: I see now that “thumbnails” is a misnomer - it’s a collection of pre-processed versions of original images, and can be larger than the originals. See for example

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