Drupal CPU usage spikes during backups

If you are using Drupal on your hosting accounts, you may notice sudden CPU usage spikes that will saturate all your available CPU and hit your resource limits. This is a known issue, and the bug was first reported to Drupal on 12/29/2019, however no official Drupal fix or response has been made. The link below outlines some user experiences and some possible tuning options within Drupal that may help the situation.

https://www.drupal.org/project/backup_migrate/issues/3103562

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