# Warum sind Digital Ocean Discourse-Snapshots so groß?

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**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:** ![DonaldH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/35a633/32.png) [@DonaldH](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DonaldH)\
**Post date:** [3. Februar 2019 um 15:04 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-are-digital-ocean-discourse-snapshots-so-large/108206/4 "2019-02-03T15:04:01Z")

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I don’t need the forum online at the moment so I destroyed the droplet to save money. I created the snapshot so I could easily recreate the droplet when I want to put the forum back online. Is there a better way to do this?

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