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. [Screenshot] [Screenshot (7)] 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 …

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.

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

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

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-pr…

La dimensione totale del backup è inferiore alla dimensione totale dei caricamenti

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UnicornX 2 Agosto 2021, 4:15am 4

Quindi questo non è affatto un problema, è normale, vero???

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La dimensione totale del backup è inferiore alla dimensione totale dei caricamenti

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