Akeeba Backup for Joomla!

Wednesday, 06 February 2013 17:06 CST

user8132

Hia Nick;

Just a quick question: At this moment My file size quota is limited to: 4390 MB. (Custom field)

Is there any way so I can up this value to approx 19 Gigabyte? My backupserver has room to spare and I Wanna configure (via Cron) to make a complete backup every 6 hours. However, the total file size quota can't exceed 19 GB (Else I'm going to have a problem with all my clients websites). I don't like doing manual labor hence... *smilyface* Can I automate the File Size Quota to 19 GB in any way?

Thanks
Ed

___

Mandatory information about my setup:

Have I read the related troubleshooter articles above before posting (which pages?)? YES
Have I searched the tickets before posting? YES
Have I read the documentation before posting (which pages?)? YES
Joomla! version: 2.5.9
PHP version: 5.3.17
MySQL version: 5.1.54
Host: Linux
Akeeba Backup version: Latest

Description of my issue: See text above.

Thursday, 07 February 2013 01:35 CST

nicholas

You can try setting it to 19456 Mb, but you have to know that values over 2047 Mb may not work. The reason is the way PHP handles numbers internally. If your Linux is 64 bit and PHP is also 64 bit you should not have a problem.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

Thursday, 07 February 2013 01:39 CST

user8132

Hia Nich,

Problem is that I can enter whatever value I want. It just flips back to 4930 MB

cheersEd

Thursday, 07 February 2013 02:26 CST

nicholas

I think you mean 4390.80Mb, not 4930Mb. Your PHP version only supports 32-bit integers and that's the maximum file size which can be expressed with a 32-bit integer. You will not be able to go beyond that limit. You can, however, try to use the count quota. Just divide 19Gb with the size of your backup, round down and remove one. For example, if you have a 1.4 Gb backup we have:

19Gb / 1.4Gb per backup = 13.57 backups
Round down from 13.57 to 13 backups
Remove one, 13 becomes 12 backup
Use a count quota of 12

This will work just fine and is the suggested method for very large backups.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

Support