Title: Database backup size
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# Database backup size

 *  Resolved [dandr69](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dandr69/)
 * (@dandr69)
 * [1 year, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-backup-size/)
 * Hello,
 * I did a full backup of the database and save it to a Google Drive. The problem
   is the backup has 175MB. The database has 1.5 GB. Is this ok? I don’t want to
   have problems when I restore it.
 * Thanks for the help.
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fdatabase-backup-size%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Support [nrobertsudp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nrobertsudp/)
 * (@nrobertsudp)
 * [1 year, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-backup-size/#post-18424456)
 * Hi there,
   In theory the zIp compression would reduce the raw database size very
   significantly.However, a 1.5GB database is extremely large and will likely require
   server resource.The process of restoring extremely large tables will be a test
   of the server resources.This may be your problem. I would suggest doing a test
   restore on a test server first.
 * There are limitations to what we are able to do here in terms of free plugin 
   support.
   If it were me, I would certainly run a test server restore before trying
   it on a live site.Best regards,Nick
 *  Thread Starter [dandr69](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dandr69/)
 * (@dandr69)
 * [1 year, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-backup-size/#post-18424504)
 * Thanks for the help.
 *  Plugin Support [nrobertsudp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nrobertsudp/)
 * (@nrobertsudp)
 * [1 year, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-backup-size/#post-18425236)
 * Hi there,
   Thank you, my pleasure.Best regards,Nick

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 * Last activity: [1 year, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-backup-size/#post-18425236)
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