On Wed, 12 Feb 2003, Robert Johannes wrote:

> At my site, the bosses are thinking of reducing the retention level to 3
> months from 1 year, in an effort to save on the amount of money we spend
> on tapes per year.  Before this happens however, I would like to gather
> information as far as what is considered standard practice.  What do you
> all do?  Please respond with the sight that standard backups are not an
> archival system, and indeed, the concern at my site is not archiving but
> normal backup retention practices.
> 
> thanks
> roberto

Roberto, we perform "daily" full backups Mon-Thurs with one week retention
and "weekly" full backups Fri with 13 week retention, corresponding to the
quarterly business calendar.  Also there is a "yearly" full backup after
the books are closed and retention is infinite.

We are interested in both archiving and DR goals.

Regards,
Ron Lyman
Network Support
Moen Incorporated
(905) 829-3400 x 253