Josh,
That's an interesting question! I keep 3 snapshots on a logging server
(last 3 days). Once a week the latest snapshot gets sent to a cloud
offsite backup service where I keep another 3 snapshots. We also run
streaming replication so a second database server is continuously
archiving the live database. And then there are the WAL archives which
get written to the logging server and also sent to the offsite service
with their snapshot.
I constantly think I don't have enough backups. I can't imagine what
the cost would be in time, lost productivity, and diminished service if
a disaster happened and there was no viable backup.
Martha Driscoll
Systems Manager
North of Boston Library Exchange
Danvers, Massachusetts
www.noblenet.org
On 12/19/2017 2:38 PM, Josh Stompro wrote:
Hello, I’m curious how many systems have a policy for how long you
keep evergreen data backups. And I’m also wondering how long you keep
your backup snapshots? I heard a comment from leadership of another
library system that they keep 2 tapes/copies. The one in the drive
waiting to be written and the one copy that is off site. With the
goal of minimizing historical data that can be seized by law enforcement.
I’ve always been way more paranoid of any one backup being bad vs
worrying about data being seized, so the idea of only having one or
two backup snapshots of the database makes me nervous.
Thanks
Josh
Lake Agassiz Regional Library - Moorhead MN larl.org
Josh Stompro | Office 218.233.3757 EXT-139
LARL IT Director | Cell 218.790.2110
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