# Warum sind Digital Ocean Discourse-Snapshots so groß?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-are-digital-ocean-discourse-snapshots-so-large/108206>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Tags:** hosting\
**Created:** [2. Februar 2019 um 12:27 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-are-digital-ocean-discourse-snapshots-so-large/108206 "2019-02-02T12:27:38Z")\
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**Post date:** [2. Februar 2019 um 20:15 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-are-digital-ocean-discourse-snapshots-so-large/108206/2 "2019-02-02T20:15:30Z")

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> [@DonaldH](#):
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> This might be a stupid question, but why are they so large

A digital Ocean snapshot will always be the size of the disk. And that is a server provider feature, it has nothing to do with Discourse.

If you want to preserve Discourse state in a smaller file, use the Discourse backups, available in the admin panel.

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