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  1. 07-17-2011, 04:21 AM #1
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    Default cPanel full backup size is strangely small

    Hello!

    I have a short question about cpanel backups.

    I make a full backup of my cpanel. Size of the .tar.gz backup file that supposedly contain all my files is 800 MB's. However disk space usage in cpanel shows me 4600 MB's.

    Where is the difference? Are all my files backed up or they aren't?

    Thank you in advance for your help! I appriciate it alot.
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  2. 07-18-2011, 08:58 PM #2
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    Default Re: cPanel full backup size is strangely small

    Full backups are compressed archive files so they would be smaller than the account size due to being a compressed file.
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