FTP Backup directly to storage
Actual backups are safed local and then thei are commited to the FTP Backup Storage.
This means every Backup uses the Space also local (temporary). This can be a Problem with limited VMs etc.
It would be good if backups can be done directly to FTP Storage (optional setting).
Manu-K
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In common it is not possible due to several of technical restrictions, especially on Windows. But in version Plesk 17.0 Onyx we will use new backup process schema. Content will be backuped one-by-one by services of domain hosting. For instance, first part of backup – web content – will be compressed locally and sent to ftp server. After that this dump will be removed and mail content will be compressed to local dump and sent to ftp, then mail dump deleted and databases dump created, sent, deleted, etc. This schema will dramatically decrease disk space usage during backup procedure.
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Anonymous
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Yep I love this. Makes so much sense.
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Daniel Joos
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I would like to suggest that it would be great if it's possible to split backups into multiple parts during the backup process.
I know the option -s or --split but actually, it's just split the backup in the location into multiple parts but during the backup process the local storage is still in use. If you got a Server with 200GB space and 150 GB are used I can't Backup the server because the command "Plesk bin pleskbackup server --output-file=ftp://user:pass@destination/backup_file" would create one file with round 120 GB in local storage.I would suggest an option that allows us to say "do a backup until you reach the 5 GB cap then transfer it, remove it from the local storage and start the next part".
Maybe I'm missing something here but I did a lot of research and didn't found a solution.
Sincerely,
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Anonymous
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This helpdesk article has only negative reviews, which might imply that other users struggle with the same issue:
https://support.plesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/213391809-Backup-fails-with-error-Not-enough-free-disk-space-to-backup-selected-objectsRight now backing up to FTP means you need to have almost 50% disk space free. That means you can never use more than half the server storage you're paying for, otherwise you'll be unable to make a backup. Especially on AWS disk space is very expensive.
The issue exists because Plesk seems to utilize just plain zip commands with file split. Why not offer an additional backup method, where e.g. all Domains are backuped step-by-step / one-by-one to FTP?
E.g.
domain1.com -> domain1.zip
domain1.zip is uploaded to FTP
domain1.zip is deleted
continue with domain2.comOr any other way to backup to FTP without the need to have almost 50% free disk space.