Question FTP Backup

[AB M]

Hello everyone,
I'm new to Plesk, this question is from a newbie
I heard that the backup module in Plesk is not well designed. You can't upload backup files that are >2Gb.
Does this apply to FTP repository? what will happen if my backup file is 250Gb big?
Thank you!

 

[IgorG]

Could you please describe scenario when you need to upload backup file to Plesk? For what?

 

[AB M]

For migration let say....but my question is more about FTP repository, does the 2Gb limit rule apply when you need to restore the backup from FTP ?

 

[IgorG]

For migrations use Plesk Migrator. You can use backup file with any size on FTP repository. Do you really think that Plesk has a limit to 2Gb size for backup file?

 

[AB M]

What if something happened to the live server.....completly gone .... will then be just as easy as to creat a new box, and using plesk connect to the backup FTP server and it will show it as a valid backup ? even it wasn't made by the new plesk box ? i heard that it's not that easy with plesk .....please tell me what happens in this scenaio when your main server is gone but you have a backup over FTP somewhere else.
Thank you

 

[IgorG]

What if something happened to the live server.....completly gone .... will then be just as easy as to creat a new box, and using plesk connect to the backup FTP server and it will show it as a valid backup ? even it wasn't made by the new plesk box ? i heard that it's not that easy with plesk .....please tell me what happens in this scenaio when your main server is gone but you have a backup over FTP somewhere else.
Thank you

Scenario for transfer through backup files is possible and described here - https://docs.plesk.com/en-US/12.5/d...transferring-data-through-backup-files.71256/
Have you read it?
Also look at restoration option Restore the backup file despite a corrupted signature here https://docs.plesk.com/en-US/12.5/d...transferring-data-through-backup-files.71256/ because your selected for restoring backup file was created on another Plesk server.

 

[Bitpalast]

I can confirm from practical experience with a 150 GB backup file and hundreds of subscriptions in it that a full restore is possible, even if the signature of the backup file does not match the new host.

 

[Janko1000]

We have also Backups with >500GB. No Problems.