diff --git a/backup-node.sh b/backup-node.sh
index eab1b320..cd8c8de5 100755
--- a/backup-node.sh
+++ b/backup-node.sh
@@ -36,15 +36,24 @@ generate_volume_metadata() {
     # Check each static file path
     if [[ -f "$static_file_list" ]]; then
         while IFS= read -r path; do
-            # Check if the path exists
-            if [[ -e "$prefix/_data/$path" ]]; then
-                # Get the size
-                size=$(du -sL "$prefix/_data/$path" 2>/dev/null | awk '{print $1}')
-                # Format size in human-readable format
-                size_formatted=$(echo "$(( size * 1024 ))" | numfmt --to=iec --suffix=B --format="%.2f")
-                # Write to metadata file
-                echo "$size_formatted  $path" >> "$metadata_file"
+            [[ -z "$path" ]] && continue
+            # Match rule (see static-file-path-list.txt): an entry with NO slash is root-level
+            # only (so `snapshots` won't catch postgres pg_logical/snapshots); an entry WITH a
+            # slash is a path-suffix, so any prefix matches (network-prefixed nitro freezers,
+            # nested l2geth geth/geth/...). Record the CONCRETE relative path so restore-volumes
+            # can recreate the exact static-file -> /slowdisk symlink.
+            local matches=() m rel
+            if [[ "$path" == */* ]]; then
+                while IFS= read -r m; do matches+=("$m"); done < <(find "$prefix/_data" -type d -path "*/$path" 2>/dev/null)
+            else
+                [[ -d "$prefix/_data/$path" ]] && matches+=("$prefix/_data/$path")
             fi
+            for m in "${matches[@]}"; do
+                rel="${m#"$prefix/_data/"}"
+                size=$(du -sL "$m" 2>/dev/null | awk '{print $1}')
+                size_formatted=$(echo "$(( ${size:-0} * 1024 ))" | numfmt --to=iec --suffix=B --format="%.2f")
+                echo "$size_formatted  $rel" >> "$metadata_file"
+            done
         done < "$static_file_list"
     fi
 }
diff --git a/show-static-file-size.sh b/show-static-file-size.sh
index 329517b3..f85430ef 100755
--- a/show-static-file-size.sh
+++ b/show-static-file-size.sh
@@ -26,16 +26,22 @@ for key in $keys; do
             # Skip empty lines
             [[ -z "$path" ]] && continue
             
-            # Check if the path exists
-            if [[ -e "$prefix/_data/$path" ]]; then
-                # Print the size of the file or directory
-                size=$(du -sL "$prefix/_data/$path" 2>/dev/null | awk '{print $1}')
-                static_size=$((static_size + size))
-                # Format size in human-readable format
-                size_formatted=$(echo "$(( size * 1024 ))" | numfmt --to=iec --suffix=B --format="%.2f")
-                # Print the detected path with size to stderr (one per line)
-                echo "$size_formatted  $prefix/_data/$path" >&2
+            # Match rule: an entry with NO slash is root-level only (depth-1 under _data),
+            # so e.g. `snapshots` won't catch postgres pg_logical/snapshots. An entry WITH a
+            # slash is a path-suffix, so any prefix matches (network-prefixed nitro freezers
+            # like arbitrum-one/nitro/l2chaindata/ancient, nested l2geth geth/geth/...).
+            matches=()
+            if [[ "$path" == */* ]]; then
+                while IFS= read -r d; do matches+=("$d"); done < <(find "$prefix/_data" -type d -path "*/$path" 2>/dev/null)
+            else
+                [[ -d "$prefix/_data/$path" ]] && matches+=("$prefix/_data/$path")
             fi
+            for m in "${matches[@]}"; do
+                size=$(du -sL "$m" 2>/dev/null | awk '{print $1}')
+                static_size=$((static_size + ${size:-0}))
+                size_formatted=$(echo "$(( ${size:-0} * 1024 ))" | numfmt --to=iec --suffix=B --format="%.2f")
+                echo "$size_formatted  $m" >&2
+            done
         done < "$static_file_list"
     fi
 done
diff --git a/static-file-path-list.txt b/static-file-path-list.txt
index ffc78e6f..b0682c77 100644
--- a/static-file-path-list.txt
+++ b/static-file-path-list.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 static_files
-chain/nitro/l2chaindata/ancient
-data/nitro/l2chaindata/ancient
-ancient
-geth/chaindata/ancient
-bor/chaindata/ancient
+snapshots
+archiver
+chaindata/ancient
+lightchaindata/ancient
+nitro/l2chaindata/ancient
+nitro/classic-msg/ancient