Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] EG data backup retention policy

2017-12-19 Thread Jason Stephenson
Hi, all. At C/W MARS we keep a week's worth of daily pgdumps on a dedicated backup server at the colocation facility. These are also sent to "the cloud," but I'm not sure what the retention policy is on those. We also have backups of other information on this server, including report output, the

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] EG data backup retention policy

2017-12-19 Thread Martha Driscoll
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

[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] EG data backup retention policy

2017-12-19 Thread Josh Stompro
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