edits forcing backups

Certain activities in JIRA force a backup to be triggered, bascially knocking users out. I understand that changing e-mail templates is doing this, but other activities also trigger a backup. In fact, ironically, setting the backup interval does as well, which prevents me from ever getting it on track. If I set it to 1440 minutes, it will be as of that moment (mid-day) because it does a backup then as well. How can I stop this?