Which tapes from backup should be kept locally ? Which must be stored away?
We ran regularly three kind of backups: Daily (which are incrementals), Weekly (performed on Saturday night) and monthly(on the 30th of the month). Daily backups are protected for a week, weekly backups for a month and monthly backups for a year. In case of a DRP or if a file was deletd or damaged and needs to be restored, which is the best strategy for keeping backup tapes locally? Which should be kept at the office? Which must be sent to 3rd party storage? Thanks.
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BTW: We keep a weeks worth locally on the backup SAN. This generally works but occasionally we need to go back to tape for something older - a good exercise to make sure that everything is working properly.
Because of the application we use here (XPP) we have to do full backups every day rather than incremental.
We have one tape for each day of the month split into week groups. We store one weeks tapes in the library and the rest are at the Directors house. I keep the Saturday tapes at my house in case his house burns down.
Once a week he brings in a weeks worth of tapes which we load. As each tape is used, it is taken out and stored in his box which is either kept in his office or car/home depending on where he is.
Once a month the oldest tape is taken out of the schedule completely and stored at his house. This way we have the ability to go back over 4 years worth of data.
In case the Director and or his wife are killed, two of his neighbours have access and keys to his house and know the location of the backup tapes. We have their details stored in our DR document.
Because of the fat fingered staff we have and the customers, we have to regularly restore data from tape.
We have one tape for each day of the month split into week groups. We store one weeks tapes in the library and the rest are at the Directors house. I keep the Saturday tapes at my house in case his house burns down.
Once a week he brings in a weeks worth of tapes which we load. As each tape is used, it is taken out and stored in his box which is either kept in his office or car/home depending on where he is.
Once a month the oldest tape is taken out of the schedule completely and stored at his house. This way we have the ability to go back over 4 years worth of data.
In case the Director and or his wife are killed, two of his neighbours have access and keys to his house and know the location of the backup tapes. We have their details stored in our DR document.
Because of the fat fingered staff we have and the customers, we have to regularly restore data from tape.
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Thanks to all!