by al tobing.
Hi Niles, I have not tried it yet because I host my moodle on my own server. But just sharing my thoughts.
How about striping out the big files first before creating a backup and then restore it. Without big files your course should be less than 10MB. If it's working, then create a repository to which you can ftp you large movie/files/presentation, and then re-link it again afterwards.
Just a thought