# Long Save Time / Unable to Save **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Created:** [November 18, 2021, 9:49pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/long-save-time-unable-to-save/53264 "2021-11-18T21:49:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![andrewbrown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a8b319/32.png) [@andrewbrown](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/andrewbrown)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2021, 9:49pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/long-save-time-unable-to-save/53264/1 "2021-11-18T21:49:27Z")
So i had imported a HEAP of project files onto a gateway as I was unable to upload to the gateway (Larger Than 21mb… Waiting on their IT department to change the settings so i can)… So i imported the project files into a new project and attempted to save… (It does say saved but it hasnt) ![Screen Shot 2021-11-19 at 7.32.55 am](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/9/7/97a1b75178fd26f5a60239443e4eab3e4b96edeb.png) 1. Anyone Beat my record time. 2. Any suggestions? ---
**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2021, 9:51pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/long-save-time-unable-to-save/53264/2 "2021-11-18T21:51:15Z")
![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/f/6/f6323934761cbaeef910e5e2e5dc767f27132d34.png) How big is your project, and how slow is your network? ---
**Author:** ![andrewbrown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a8b319/32.png) [@andrewbrown](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/andrewbrown)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2021, 9:52pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/long-save-time-unable-to-save/53264/3 "2021-11-18T21:52:53Z")
well its only 119mb of project files… Hosted in AWS Cloud so not slow at all. ---
**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2021, 9:55pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/long-save-time-unable-to-save/53264/4 "2021-11-18T21:55:18Z")
119mB is a _huge_ project - there’s not usually anywhere near that much content in a project. You pretty much only hit large file sizes like that for one reason: serialized binary data. Are you storing any images or other resources in the project in some way? Any large history binding datasets set to ‘Retain Rows’? ---
**Author:** ![andrewbrown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a8b319/32.png) [@andrewbrown](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/andrewbrown)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2021, 10:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/long-save-time-unable-to-save/53264/5 "2021-11-18T22:00:29Z")
> [@andrewbrown](#): > > HEAP I did say it \ ( o o ) / No large history bindings from memory. I have just opened about 15 of the largest most complicated pages and it hasnt had any issues. I am starting to think instead of trying to swallow the elephant i might be better suited to do one byte at a time ---
**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2021, 10:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/long-save-time-unable-to-save/53264/6 "2021-11-18T22:11:52Z")
If this is 8.0.x, you could manually drop the appropriate files onto the filesystem of the gateway directly. If it’s 7.9, you could try placing the .proj files on the local filesystem, then remoting in, launching a designer (on the gateway itself) and restoring the project? ---
**Author:** ![andrewbrown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a8b319/32.png) [@andrewbrown](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/andrewbrown)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2024, 9:07am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/long-save-time-unable-to-save/53264/7 "2024-02-07T09:07:58Z")
Old Habits Die Hard ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/0/5/05cc19bc8597fc9ed52201787da4959fb5f30590.png) ---
**Author:** ![justinedwards.jle](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/justinedwards.jle/32/37854_2.png) [@justinedwards.jle](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/justinedwards.jle)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2024, 3:09am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/long-save-time-unable-to-save/53264/8 "2024-02-09T03:09:57Z")
There's a reddit community called [r/uptimeporn](https://www.reddit.com/r/uptimeporn/) where people post pictures of how long their systems have gone without a reboot. On the surface, this thread looks like that, only _[in all reality]_, it's pretty much the opposite 🤣