Dependent on business needs, and for some companies on legal requirements. Some financial institutions may have to hold some tapes for years. Officially, I don't keep anything beyond 30 days. In the unfortunate event of a subpoena, my job is much simpler.
-----Original Message----- From: Tim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 10:25 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Archive How long do most of you hold tapes? We are looking to establish a standard on how long to keep tapes in archived before reintroducing them back into the tape rotation to be overwritten. I know there are many differnent ways to look at this as far as cost per tape, storage space, legal aspects, and disaster recovery and wanted to know what people thought was a good period _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
