Bloated backup files?

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Bloated backup files?

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Hey,

I think this is my first time posting, apologies if this is in the wrong place or if I'm breaching protocol.

A few months ago, we started getting max capacity warnings for OneDrive. After chasing my tail (eliminating a fake warning that OneDrive is prone to have), I started manually checking folders. I found that Manager SE backups are taking up over 4.6gb, with individual backups at .4 to 1.3gb. These sizes seem big to me, and it's only in the last several months that we started having this problem. We've had Manager SE since fall of 2018. Do these file sizes seem normal?

Manager SE version: 8.3.1.40
Windows 10
I've tried searching online and around the forum. If anyone is talking about it, I am either blind or dumb. Any help would be much appreciated. Thank you!

-Zach
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This seems normal to me. All my back ups are well over a gig. The program saves one for each day of the week.
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Oh, and I would recommend you back up to a thumb drive. With One Drive being in the cloud, it is out of your care, custody and control. Recipe for disaster.
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Thanks for the quick response! I'll get a thumb drive on the way.
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Re: Bloated backup files?

Post by megoff »

Zach, if you believe there's an issue with database bloat please give us a call in tech support and we can dig into the issue for you.

As Ric said, thumb drives are preferred for storing the backups of SE.
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