Re: OT: Backup Strategies
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2007
It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = As far as we are concerned, we want to be able to reboot from the backup (OS X only). This is why we do mirror copies using SuperDuper. In case of disk failure, we just boot from the backup and this is it! extremely reliable.- chrisOn Sep 11, 2007, at 16:05, Clint Davis wrote:> We're a small ad agency with 15 employees. We have a mix of OS X > 10.4 &> Windows XP computers. We're currently using a DLT8000 drive with > Retrospect> 6 and doing a differential backup on all the systems each night. We > just use> tapes until they're full, and we only reuse tapes every 3 years or > so. I> want to move to a more efficient, sensible backup strategy like GFS> (grandfather-father-son).>> I'm concerned about data safety in case of fire, but I also need to > restore> data quickly in case of a drive failure or file deletion. Does the > scenario> below make sense in this case?>> * 5 Weekday tapes for incremental backup (Sons - to be rotated weekly)> * 3 Saturday tapes for differential backup (Fathers - to be rotated > monthly)> * 1 Sunday disk for full backup (Grandfather - to be rotated annually)> * Only one tape would be kept onsite at a time>>>> -------------------------------------------------------------> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to> the mailing list
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As far as we are concerned, we want to be able to reboot from the backup (OS X only). This is why we do mirror copies using SuperDuper. In case of disk failure, we just boot from the backup and this is it! extremely reliable.- chrisOn Sep 11, 2007, at 16:05, Clint Davis wrote:> We're a small ad agency with 15 employees. We have a mix of OS X > 10.4 &> Windows XP computers. We're currently using a DLT8000 drive with > Retrospect> 6 and doing a differential backup on all the systems each night. We > just use> tapes until they're full, and we only reuse tapes every 3 years or > so. I> want to move to a more efficient, sensible backup strategy like GFS> (grandfather-father-son).>> I'm concerned about data safety in case of fire, but I also need to > restore> data quickly in case of a drive failure or file deletion. Does the > scenario> below make sense in this case?>> * 5 Weekday tapes for incremental backup (Sons - to be rotated weekly)> * 3 Saturday tapes for differential backup (Fathers - to be rotated > monthly)> * 1 Sunday disk for full backup (Grandfather - to be rotated annually)> * Only one tape would be kept onsite at a time>>>> -------------------------------------------------------------> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to> the mailing list .> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to digest@talk.smithmicro.com>> Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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