Re: [PLUG] RAID Backup Server

["William H. Magill" <magill@mcgillsociety.org>]

On 31 Oct, 2005, at 19:09, Edmund Goppelt intoned:
> My script stores complete copies of my computers' hard drives every
> night, every week and every month going back 3 months.  Is this what
> you mean by archive capability?

No.

Archival storage and backup are two entirely different things.

Archival storage is measured in terms of years, not months.

All you are describing is a minimal rotating backup system.

As far as a business is concerned, or even personal financial records  
(such as Quicken or Turbo Tax), the Federal Government (aka the IRS)  
requires that you keep these records for a minimum of seven (7)  
years. [Of course, you can always hope that you won't be required to  
substantiate any deduction you make, but that normally leads to a big  
tax bill.]

And if you are in any kind of industry where you are likely to be  
sued, the archival requirements can get really nasty -- not to  
mention the fact that you have to turn over your archival storage to  
the Lawyer's folks as part of the subpoena for "any and all records  
that ..."

Not only that, but today, an entity can no longer hide behind the  
fact that they have a "Backup Policy" which states that data are only  
kept for a period of months.


T.T.F.N.
William H. Magill
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