Title: Do existing backups affect server performance?
Last modified: June 10, 2022

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# Do existing backups affect server performance?

 *  Resolved [halielambert](https://wordpress.org/support/users/halielambert/)
 * (@halielambert)
 * [3 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/do-existing-backups-affect-server-performance/)
 * Hello, I have been using updrafts since 2019, I had set new backups every week
   retaining 4 weeks each. Sometimes it used to crash the server because the insufficient
   resources and I disabled backups. Now I want to know the following: Do existing
   backups affect server performance? or was it caused by processes while back up
   was being created?
 * If I manually backup and save it on drive.google will it store a copy on server
   too?
    I want to backup manually and then store it on the drive and locally on
   pc, will these cause any server performance trouble?
 * So in short will one time backup (saved on google drive and locally) store anything(
   backup files) on the server that can cause more consumption of server resoources?
 * Thank you.

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 *  Plugin Contributor [bcrodua](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcrodua/)
 * (@bcrodua)
 * [3 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/do-existing-backups-affect-server-performance/#post-15726548)
 * Hi,
 * Existing backups will only take server disk space. It will not affect the performance.
 * You have the option to just keep the backups on your remote storage and delete
   backups on local server. To do this, go to UpdraftPlus ‘Settings’ tab > ‘Show
   expert settings’ > select ‘Delete local backup’ and make sure to click the ‘Save
   Changes’ after. This will then tell UpdraftPlus to delete the backup after it
   is sent to your remote storage.
 * Thanks,
    Bryle
 *  Thread Starter [halielambert](https://wordpress.org/support/users/halielambert/)
 * (@halielambert)
 * [3 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/do-existing-backups-affect-server-performance/#post-15728745)
 * so if I go to UpdraftPlus ‘Settings’ tab > ‘Show expert settings’ > select ‘Delete
   local backup’ and click the ‘Save Changes’
    This means that backup files will
   have nothing to do with server resources and backup will be saved only on the
   drive, is it correct?
 * I get that server stored backup won’t affect the performance but I don’t want
   it to take server space.
 *  Plugin Contributor [bcrodua](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcrodua/)
 * (@bcrodua)
 * [3 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/do-existing-backups-affect-server-performance/#post-15734866)
 * Hi,
 * Apologies for the late reply.
 * Yes, that is correct. UpdraftPlus will delete all local backups after the backups
   are successfully sent to your remote storage.
 * Thanks,
    Bryle
 *  Thread Starter [halielambert](https://wordpress.org/support/users/halielambert/)
 * (@halielambert)
 * [3 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/do-existing-backups-affect-server-performance/#post-15778798)
 * thank you

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