Re: OT: Backup Strategies

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2007


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 69261
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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. - chris On 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/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: OT: Backup Strategies ( thierry 2007)
  2. Re: OT: Backup Strategies ( Clint Davis 2007)
  3. Re: OT: Backup Strategies ( thierry 2007)
  4. Re: OT: Backup Strategies ( "Dan Strickler" 2007)
  5. Re: OT: Backup Strategies ( Clint Davis 2007)
  6. Re: OT: Backup Strategies ( "Dan Strickler" 2007)
  7. Re: OT: Backup Strategies ( thierry 2007)
  8. Re: OT: Backup Strategies ( Donovan Brooke 2007)
  9. Re: OT: Backup Strategies ( Bob Minor 2007)
  10. Re: OT: Backup Strategies ( Clint Davis 2007)
  11. Re: OT: Backup Strategies ( Chris 2007)
  12. OT: Backup Strategies ( Clint Davis 2007)
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. - chris On 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/ Christophe Billiottet

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