# Backup-process takes very long **URL:** \ **Category:** IRC5\ **Created:** [June 10, 2025, 6:51am UTC](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/t/backup-process-takes-very-long/11946 "2025-06-10T06:51:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![matti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e480ec/32.png) [@matti](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/u/matti)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2025, 6:51am UTC](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/t/backup-process-takes-very-long/11946/1 "2025-06-10T06:51:28Z")
The time for making a backup from my controller with RSO has increased over the time signicantly- up to 5 minutes. Does anybody know why and what to do? ---
**Author:** ![DenisFR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dc4da7/32.png) [@DenisFR](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/u/DenisFR)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2025, 1:43pm UTC](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/t/backup-process-takes-very-long/11946/2 "2025-06-10T13:43:22Z")
Hello, Is your HOME folder growing? ---
**Author:** ![lemster68](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/tech-community.robotics.abb.com/lemster68/32/1945_2.png) [@lemster68](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/u/lemster68)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2025, 5:20pm UTC](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/t/backup-process-takes-very-long/11946/3 "2025-06-10T17:20:20Z")
Good question Denis. There could be loads of old backups in there. ---
**Author:** ![matti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e480ec/32.png) [@matti](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/u/matti)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2025, 6:33am UTC](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/t/backup-process-takes-very-long/11946/4 "2025-06-13T06:33:44Z")
Hallo, indeed I found some big files in HOME. I had to clean some log-files and erase folders where old modules are in from production work, which are not properly deleted by my program. Astonishing the memory utilisation was still below 40%. matti