Increase Disk Space

[maicol07]

Hi,

is it possible to increase the disk space of Tommy server? I can't host more of 4/5 sites due to the limited disk quota...

Thanks

[miwilc]

I find the 1G (1,000MB) limit quite fair, to be honest.

 

Do you mind if I ask why you need more than that?

 

Because most scripts (with databases) are ~50-100MB per site

[maicol07]

It's because every time Softaculous make a backup of all my installation it uses around 400-500 MB of space. My entire websites with only one copy of backup for installation on the server use around 500 MB. And so, everytime Softaculous make the backups, I have to delete the old ones... (I know there is a setting on the backup page that delete the old backups but I'd like to have at least 2 backups for installation...).

So I ask if it is possible that Tommy can have some more space.

Thanks

[Krydos]

Giving users who think they need more storage space an increase is actually one of our top priorities for new features we're rolling out soon. Stay tuned. In the meantime have you considered writing a cron that automatically emails you the backup, and deletes it from the server?

[bdistler]

storing backup files on the server your are backing up is not the way to do it
IF the server goes down you will not have access to the backup files

[maicol07]

Giving users who think they need more storage space an increase is actually one of our top priorities for new features we're rolling out soon. Stay tuned. In the meantime have you considered writing a cron that automatically emails you the backup, and deletes it from the server?

Thanks for the info, but I don't know anything about cron..

[Krydos]

One of your fellow users wrote up this guide that does something similar: http://wiki.helionet.org/Running_Auto_Backups

[maicol07]

Thanks, I'll try!