Backups greater than files

[Aiden]

I was just looking at my cPanel and this came up.

File atm: 570mb

Last Backup: 610mb

How is it more than the files? i dont understand :(

[-Nick]

I think if its like a full backup it would include db and so on?:)

[Aiden]

I think if its like a full backup it would include db and so on?:)

OMG YEAH! You're so smart!

[HarrySX]

I think if its like a full backup it would include db and so on?:)

To add to this, cPanel's full backup tool takes an archive of not just files and databases, but emails, access/error logs, settings etc too in order to allow a full restore to another server.

[peteyt]

One thing I forgot to do when I first started running my sites is clear my backups so I had a load of backups that also included backups inside of them