I have 12 weekly tapes (9 daily tapes, 3 full backup tapes). That gives me 2 weeks of daily backups and 3 full backups on weekends, then a month end tape is used so I have plenty to fall back on in the event of data loss or corruption (or in our case, server hardware failure which has occurred once).
I transport them myself in a Turtle Case. I have 72 month end tapes, kept in Turtle Cases. 72 months = 5 years. Off site storage is my kitchen. From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 03 June 2011 09:12 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Tape backup policies Hello everyone. For those who are still backing up to tape. What do you guys have for tape backup policies? I'm curious as to how far back you are keeping tapes - 1 year? 5 years? I've typically seen a 10 tape rotation w/ a monthly tape put in offsite storage. Is this still common practice? . ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
