Title: Error with database Backup – Memory Limit
Last modified: March 11, 2024

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# Error with database Backup – Memory Limit

 *  Resolved [Chigolo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fitnsexy/)
 * (@fitnsexy)
 * [2 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-with-database-backup-memory-limit/)
 * I’m always getting an error whole backing up the database. The hoster is IONOS.
 * [11-Mar-2024 05:46:38] FEHLER: Allowed memory size of 102760448 bytes exhausted(
   tried to allocate 8391254 bytes)
 * Is this because of the memory limit of the hosting package (256)?

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 *  [happyAnt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/duongcuong96/)
 * (@duongcuong96)
 * [2 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-with-database-backup-memory-limit/#post-17526022)
 * Hi [@fitnsexy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fitnsexy/)
 * I would suggest you to try increase the memory limit:
 * Please try to modify **wp-config.php **( you can find this file in your root 
   directory ), and before the line:
   **/\* That’s all, stop editing! Happy blogging.\*/**
   add this line:`define('WP_MEMORY_LIMIT', '512M');`
 * After that, try run the job again.
 * Also there is a guide on how to do that you can take a look: [https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/fix-wordpress-memory-exhausted-error-increase-php-memory/](https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/fix-wordpress-memory-exhausted-error-increase-php-memory/)
 *  [Matt Scheidler](https://wordpress.org/support/users/matt6303/)
 * (@matt6303)
 * [2 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-with-database-backup-memory-limit/#post-17527125)
 * Thank you for the reply.
 * I’ve already split the job into two. One for everything except wp_options, and
   one for wp_options alone. I also increased the memory limit to 512M. Even so,
   the job with only wp_options still encounters the same error.
 * ERROR: Allowed memory size of 170917888 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 9525352
   bytes)
 * Perhaps this is a hosting issue. Unless it’s just coincidental that the other
   person reporting the problem is on the same host.
 * My wp_options table for this site is rather large (25MB) – is that simply too
   big to be handled by this plugin?

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