Click here to read Part 1 Click here to read Part 2 Incremental Method This method has a few names and is fairly simple to implement. It involves determining how long you wish to maintain a copy of your data and how many tapes you wish to use. It is based on labeling each backup with a number and then …
Backup Retention Part 1 Backup Retention Part 3 In part 1 I spoke about why you would want to restore from backups and some other reasons to have an older backup around. In part 2 I will dive more into the specific types of backup retention methods. Part 3 I will define more on methods but also cover combined methods …
Backup Retention Part 2 Backup Retention Part 3 With backup retention times there is always a balance between keeping enough backups and purging those backups quickly to free up space. Some clients I have worked with only keep 2 to 3 days of backups, and others keep multiple years of backups. I generally like to push for something longer term …