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I don't understand this, when I go to backup my database from admin CP I get usually different results in size in the database backup file.
For example.. if I select all tables, enable gzip, save method backup directory, Structure and Data, No optimize OR optimize,
I get a backup file of around 1.5 MBs in size.

Now if I keep all the same except if I choose save method download, instead of backup directory, I get a file that ranges in size from 13MBs to 15Mbs.

Could someone please explain to me what's going on and why?

For example last month I have a database backup on my local hard drive larger than this month (except backup directory shows steady growth) which makes no sense to me.
Sounds like one was compressed with GZIP and the other is a simple SQL file.