Hey I have a big db and whenever i try to get the whole backup, it always stops and gives me half db, Well someone told me its timing out and you need to increase your timeout time in php.ini , SO CAN SOMEONE TELL ME WHAT I NEED TO INCREASE TO MAKE IT UNLIMITED? ( I OWN THE SERVER ) mysql.allow_persistent On On mysql.connect_timeout -1 -1 mysql.default_host no value no value mysql.default_password no value no value mysql.default_port no value no value mysql.default_socket no value no value mysql.default_user no value no value mysql.max_links Unlimited Unlimited mysql.max_persistent Unlimited Unlimited mysql.trace_mode Off Off Code (markup):
Are you using mysql dump command in SSH? I hope mysqldump can easily dump GB's worth of databases. mysqldump -u username -p databasename > backup.sql
phpmyadmin only allows X size uploads. I would just upload the database to the server and run the mysql command to import the backup file. Do NOT upload with phpMyAdmin - its not reliable (for large databases)