Media rotation strategies
| Article:HOWTO73338 | | | Created: 2012-03-02 | | | Updated: 2012-03-16 | | | Article URL http://www.symantec.com/docs/HOWTO73338 |
Many media rotation strategies exist that you can use to protect your data that is on tape and disk cartridge media.
The most commonly used media rotation strategies include the following:
Son, which uses the same media each day to run a full backup.
Father/Son, which uses multiple media, and includes a combination of weekly full and daily differential or incremental backups for a two-week schedule. This strategy provides backups for off-site storage .
Grandfather, which uses multiple media, and includes a combination of weekly and monthly full and daily differential or incremental backups. This strategy also provides backups for off-site storage.
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