Title: Memory Allotment Problem Last modified: August 20, 2016 --- # Memory Allotment Problem * [pubwvj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pubwvj/) * (@pubwvj) * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/memory-allotment-problem/) * I am getting an error: * 2013/01/15 09:26.20: [ERROR]Allowed memory size of 67108864 bytes exhausted ( tried to allocate 31011468 bytes) * (That’s 67,108,864 which is ~67MB and 31,011,468 which is ~31MB.) * I checked with my web host and the max memory is set to 128MB which is twice what BackWPup is saying it needs. * The job runs but no output file is produced. Log below: * 2013/01/15 09:24.49: [INFO]: BackWPup version 2.1.17; WordPress version 3.4.2; Copyright © 2013 Inpsyde GmbH Author: Daniel Hüsken 2013/01/15 09:24.49: [INFO]: BackWPup comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions. 2013/01/15 09:24.49: [INFO]: BackWPup job: 2. WP XML Export; WPEXP 2013/01/15 09:24.49: [INFO]: BackWPup cron: 15 14 * * *; Tue, 15 Jan 2013 @ 14:15 2013/01/15 09:24.49: [INFO]: BackWPup job started manualy 2013/01/15 09:24.49: [INFO]: PHP ver.: 5.3.17; cgi-fcgi; Linux 2013/01/15 09:24.49: [INFO]: MySQL ver.: 5.0.91-community-log 2013/01/15 09:24.49:[ INFO]: curl ver.: 7.24.0; OpenSSL/0.9.8b 2013/01/15 09:24.49: [INFO]: Temp folder is: /home/sugarmtn/public_html/wp-content/plugins/backwpup/tmp/ 2013/01/15 09: 24.49: [INFO]: Backup file is: /home/sugarmtn/public_html/misc/backwpup_2_2013- 01-15_09-24-49.zip 2013/01/15 09:24.49: 1. try for wordpress export to XML file… 2013/01/15 09:25.25: [ERROR]Allowed memory size of 67108864 bytes exhausted ( tried to allocate 31011468 bytes) 2013/01/15 09:25.25: 1. Script stop! Will started again now! 2013/01/15 09:25.25: [INFO]: BackWPup version 2.1.17; WordPress version 3.4.2; Copyright © 2013 Inpsyde GmbH Author: Daniel Hüsken 2013/01/15 09:25.25:[ INFO]: BackWPup comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions. 2013/01/15 09:25.25:[ INFO]: BackWPup job: 2. WP XML Export; WPEXP 2013/01/15 09:25.25: [INFO]: BackWPup cron: 15 14 * * *; Tue, 15 Jan 2013 @ 14:15 2013/01/15 09:25.25: [INFO]: BackWPup job started manualy 2013/01/15 09:25.25: [INFO]: PHP ver.: 5.3.17; cgi-fcgi; Linux 2013/01/15 09:25.25: [INFO]: MySQL ver.: 5.0.91-community-log 2013/01/15 09:25.25: [INFO]: curl ver.: 7.24.0; OpenSSL/0.9.8b 2013/01/15 09:25.25: [INFO]: Temp folder is: /home/sugarmtn/public_html/wp-content/plugins/backwpup/tmp/ 2013/ 01/15 09:25.25: [INFO]: Backup file is: /home/sugarmtn/public_html/misc/backwpup_2_2013- 01-15_09-24-49.zip 2013/01/15 09:25.25: 2. try for wordpress export to XML file… 2013/01/15 09:25.54: [ERROR]Allowed memory size of 67108864 bytes exhausted ( tried to allocate 31011468 bytes) 2013/01/15 09:25.54: 2. Script stop! Will started again now! 2013/01/15 09:25.54: [INFO]: BackWPup version 2.1.17; WordPress version 3.4.2; Copyright © 2013 Inpsyde GmbH Author: Daniel Hüsken 2013/01/15 09:25.54:[ INFO]: BackWPup comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions. 2013/01/15 09:25.54:[ INFO]: BackWPup job: 2. WP XML Export; WPEXP 2013/01/15 09:25.54: [INFO]: BackWPup cron: 15 14 * * *; Tue, 15 Jan 2013 @ 14:15 2013/01/15 09:25.54: [INFO]: BackWPup job started manualy 2013/01/15 09:25.54: [INFO]: PHP ver.: 5.3.17; cgi-fcgi; Linux 2013/01/15 09:25.54: [INFO]: MySQL ver.: 5.0.91-community-log 2013/01/15 09:25.54: [INFO]: curl ver.: 7.24.0; OpenSSL/0.9.8b 2013/01/15 09:25.54: [INFO]: Temp folder is: /home/sugarmtn/public_html/wp-content/plugins/backwpup/tmp/ 2013/ 01/15 09:25.54: [INFO]: Backup file is: /home/sugarmtn/public_html/misc/backwpup_2_2013- 01-15_09-24-49.zip 2013/01/15 09:25.54: 3. try for wordpress export to XML file… 2013/01/15 09:26.20: [ERROR]Allowed memory size of 67108864 bytes exhausted ( tried to allocate 31011468 bytes) 2013/01/15 09:26.20: 3. Script stop! Will started again now! 2013/01/15 09:26.21: [INFO]: BackWPup version 2.1.17; WordPress version 3.4.2; Copyright © 2013 Inpsyde GmbH Author: Daniel Hüsken 2013/01/15 09:26.21:[ INFO]: BackWPup comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions. 2013/01/15 09:26.21:[ INFO]: BackWPup job: 2. WP XML Export; WPEXP 2013/01/15 09:26.21: [INFO]: BackWPup cron: 15 14 * * *; Tue, 15 Jan 2013 @ 14:15 2013/01/15 09:26.21: [INFO]: BackWPup job started manualy 2013/01/15 09:26.21: [INFO]: PHP ver.: 5.3.17; cgi-fcgi; Linux 2013/01/15 09:26.21: [INFO]: MySQL ver.: 5.0.91-community-log 2013/01/15 09:26.21: [INFO]: curl ver.: 7.24.0; OpenSSL/0.9.8b 2013/01/15 09:26.21: [INFO]: Temp folder is: /home/sugarmtn/public_html/wp-content/plugins/backwpup/tmp/ 2013/ 01/15 09:26.21: [INFO]: Backup file is: /home/sugarmtn/public_html/misc/backwpup_2_2013- 01-15_09-24-49.zip 2013/01/15 09:26.21: [INFO]: BackWPup version 2.1.17; WordPress version 3.4.2; Copyright © 2013 Inpsyde GmbH Author: Daniel Hüsken 2013/01/15 09:26.21: [INFO]: BackWPup comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions. 2013/01/15 09: 26.21: [INFO]: BackWPup job: 2. WP XML Export; WPEXP 2013/01/15 09:26.21: [INFO]: BackWPup cron: 15 14 * * *; Tue, 15 Jan 2013 @ 14:15 2013/01/15 09:26.21: [INFO]: BackWPup job started manualy 2013/01/15 09:26.21: [INFO]: PHP ver.: 5.3.17; cgi- fcgi; Linux 2013/01/15 09:26.21: [INFO]: MySQL ver.: 5.0.91-community-log 2013/ 01/15 09:26.21: [INFO]: curl ver.: 7.24.0; OpenSSL/0.9.8b 2013/01/15 09:26.21:[ INFO]: Temp folder is: /home/sugarmtn/public_html/wp-content/plugins/backwpup/ tmp/ 2013/01/15 09:26.21: [INFO]: Backup file is: /home/sugarmtn/public_html/ misc/backwpup_2_2013-01-15_09-24-49.zip 2013/01/15 09:26.21: [INFO]: BackWPup version 2.1.17; WordPress version 3.4.2; Copyright © 2013 Inpsyde GmbH Author: Daniel Hüsken 2013/01/15 09:26.21: [INFO]: BackWPup comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions. 2013/01/15 09:26.21: [INFO]: BackWPup job: 2. WP XML Export; WPEXP 2013/01/15 09:26.21: [INFO]: BackWPup cron: 15 14 * * *; Tue, 15 Jan 2013 @ 14:15 2013/01/15 09:26.21: [INFO]: BackWPup job started manualy 2013/01/15 09:26.21: [INFO]: PHP ver.: 5.3.17; cgi-fcgi; Linux 2013/01/15 09:26.21: [INFO]: MySQL ver.: 5.0.91-community-log 2013/01/15 09:26.21: [INFO]: curl ver.: 7.24.0; OpenSSL/0.9.8b 2013/01/15 09:26.21: [INFO]: Temp folder is: /home/sugarmtn/public_html/ wp-content/plugins/backwpup/tmp/ 2013/01/15 09:26.21: [INFO]: Backup file is:/ home/sugarmtn/public_html/misc/backwpup_2_2013-01-15_09-24-49.zip 2013/01/15 09:26.21: Job done in 92 sec. * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/backwpup/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/backwpup/) Viewing 1 replies (of 1 total) * Thread Starter [pubwvj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pubwvj/) * (@pubwvj) * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/memory-allotment-problem/#post-3365298) * Host support added define(‘WP_MEMORY_LIMIT’, ‘128MB’) in wp_config file to fix it. 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