Migration of large amount of assets and a large database

2025/08/07 2:05 AM

I have a XbK v30.8.0 solution with 4 sites that was a migration from Kentico 12 to XbK that has an /assets (and therefore $StorageAssets) folder with a size of nearly 14 GB and a database that is ~40GB.

How am I supposed to get this into SaaS? I can use Content Sync for some, CD for others but none of those tools seem to be able to handle this large of a data set.

Is there some way for me to upload the $StorageAssets folder to the Azure blob by myself or doe sit only happen during CD? The 2GB package limitation will not work.

I know I can reach out to the SaaS team about placing my database, is that going to be the best bet to get everything there as quickly as possible? I have my CD's repository.config setup to only include bare minimum (sites, page types, countries / states, users...) currently but I can add some additional items there, but likely not all of it.

Environment

  • Xperience by Kentico version: [30.8.0]

  • .NET version: [9]

  • Execution environment: [SaaS]

Tags:
CI/CD Migration / upgrade SaaS v30.8.0

Answers

2025/08/07 2:39 AM
Accepted answer

In August 2025 we plan to deliver self-service local backup restore for SaaS, which would cover your 40GB database scenario.

https://roadmap.kentico.com/c/241-restore-backup-from-local-environment-to-saas

Until then and for large asset libraries you will still need to reach out to support to coordinate the initial deployment.

2025/08/07 7:50 PM

Thanks Sean!

As always, Kentico is on-the-ball with timely releases (almost like you saw this coming!)

I will await that feature unless the client wants to move immediately in which case I will contact support.

2025/08/07 9:25 PM

Glad to hear the feature will help you!

I think it is a good idea to make sure you have your SaaS deployments, data, and features running correctly as early as possible. Don't wait until a week or two before launch to validate those things.

If you aren't launching for a few months then you can wait, but if you want to use this new SaaS feature a week before launch then I would recommend reaching out to support to help you validate your project in SaaS soon and then use the feature when it becomes available.

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