Duplicati filling local disk for cloud backup?

[JonMikelV]

@MacPaKKo

Perhaps, description of ‘upload volume size’ should be improved.

I think this was discussed a bit here:

Unreasonable disk space requirements

For many people, the word “Volume” is synonym for “the complete disk”. Add “Upload” to it, then “Upload Volume size” is easily interpreted as “the total backend storage quota”. If there’s confusion about this term, why not rename it? What about Block Container File? The Upload Volume size (AKA dblock files, default 50 MB) can be changed, the block size (file fragments that are stored in the dblock files, default 100 KB) cannot be changed agter the first backup has been made. Note that the a…

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@theUmbra

how can I make sure that all previous “dblocks” are deleted from my computer (ie where are they stored?)

Depending on how you’re running Duplicati (tray icon, service, portable-mode, etc.) it could be in:

• %temp%
• %tmp% (often the same as %temp%)
• %systemroot%/temp
• wherever you set the --temp-dir to (if you’re using that advanced parameter)

If you’re not finding the expected files in any of those places, while it’s not elegant, a global drive search for Duplicati-* might point you in the right direction. Otherwise, a disk usage tool like WinDirStat or similar might also help you find your “very large upload volume size” sized files.