Enable Scheduled Database Backups Crashes Site

Whenever I try to enable daily database backups with the setting “Enable Scheduled Database Backups”, it totally crashes my site. I used the plugin “Memory Viewer” by InMotion hosting (not my host) and discovered that this setting causes over 500 database queries on every page load, front-end and back-end, which then maxes out the server memory. I have iThemes Security enabled at the Network level on an multi-site installation if that make a difference.

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