# 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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**Author:** ![Stephen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/stephen/32/95011_2.png) [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)\
**Post date:** [3. Februar 2019 um 14:42 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-are-digital-ocean-discourse-snapshots-so-large/108206/3 "2019-02-03T14:42:33Z")

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

Remember that the 1GB install includes a 2GB swap, so you’re snapshotting OS+Discourse+Swapfile.

Why are you taking a snapshot though?

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