If you have a large website with a lot of user files ( more then 1GB) it is better to move files from one server to another directly via SSH instead of doing this via File Managers of both servers.
server1 – server where your source code is located it.
server2 – server where you would like to move your source code.
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It is almost impossible ( or will take ages) to back up source code of a large website mainly due to /ow_userfiles/ directory that contains your users’s photos, avatars and etc. If this directory is more then 1GB it is better to compress your source code using “tar” command via SSH.
When it comes to large database over 100 000 users backing it up regular way might load your server to the extend it might go down.
If you have large SkaDate / Oxwall database you can use following SSH command to back it up.
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