Doing a backup took over 7 hours - please help - [SSU]

I am running a heavily modified 1.3.8 with the SSU URL mod. My backup took over 7 hours to finish through a fast DSL connection. The problem is the SSU mod dumps useless empty folders (hundred thousand of them!) in my CACHE folder. I do have lots and lots of categories b/c my shop is auto parts so I have separate categories for all makes models years..

The empty folders have names like 1-through-9 and then each one has 1-9 inside it and then AGAIN 1-9 inside THOSE and then even deeper, they all have wierd names like "dsf3D97if" or "ab45" inside them!!! Thousands and thousands and thousands of empty folders. This is AFTER I cleared the SSU cache in Admin.

The folder where this mess is public_html\cache\ssu\pc\ and this part took 6.9 hours and the rest of the backup was done in less than 10 minutes!!

Please Help if you know anything about this. I am attaching a picture of the backup folders... Thank You in advance for ANY HELP about this. SSU is a great mod and I would like to keep it but can't afford 7 hours to do a backup.. :yuck:

Respectfully,

Igor

I forgot to say.. my download speed per Speakeasy bandwidth test is:

Last Result:
Download Speed: 5767 kbps (720.9 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 957 kbps (119.6 KB/sec transfer rate)

and the host of the web site is Blue Host.

thanks for any help.

bump.. Any one ? :dontgetit

nisdats:

bump.. Any one ? :dontgetit

Try deleting all the files/directories within the /cache/ directory before performing a backup. (don't delete the /cache/ directory itself though).

Cheers
Rod

and the host of the web site is Blue Host.
And they provide cpanel for a linux account which is what you should have.

Use the file manager and check off the folders to backup and in the top menu select compress and you will be prompted for the compression method - - I prefer tgz
It will create a single compressed file of your files that you can download

Thank You!

Are the folders inside CACHE safe to delete ? (without breaking my zen-cart). Are they just extra files ?

Are the folders inside CACHE safe to delete ? (without breaking my zen-cart). Are they just extra files ?
files in /cache mostlikely but not those in folders for your seo url mod