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Large backups take many hours on big databases

Backups of large repositories take 7 to 22 hours, with one database query and the compact phase dominating the time.

Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.

3 public reports · first reported 20 September 2026 · last reported 9 October 2026

Idea report · $9 · No contacts · All sales final

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What's going wrong

Users with large backup repositories report that normal runs take 7 to 22 hours, even when only a few hundred megabytes changed.

AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.

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  • The products the 3 reports are about, and how many came each month.
  • Related problems.

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