We have a data retention policy driven by lawyers. Our offsite backups are tape via Disk-to-Disk-to-Tape. These tapes are explicitly NOT to be used for long term retention, ie our tapes are rotated in about a year. Our policy drives what is kept long term and short term. Where they are kept doesn't matter but we have a separate fileshare with "Permanent Archives" and "Interim Archives". The perm archives are kept indefinitely (pretty much construction drawings only). Our Interems are kept for various timeframes based on type - with a max of 5 years ... then they get deleted. FYI We are considering some online backup systems for offsite DR but we need more work to pay for it. hth, Devin
On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 8:12 AM, David Mazzaccaro < [email protected]> wrote: > 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 > offsitestorage. > > 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
