File Server Backup System?

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"A P" <ap@textguru.ph> wrote in message
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> Can you share to me your current backup system with regards to backing up
> File server? In my case, I've been backing up these files on my DLT tape
> drive since 2003 and I am thinking if I need to buy a new set of tapes for
> next year or do I need to rotate/reuse my old backup (2003). Can you give
me
> suggestions?
>
> Me
>
>

I use five sets of tapes (Mon-Fri). My backups run with the
verify switch off, except for the run that occurs every 8
calendar days.

The rationale is simple: There is little point in verifying a backup
run unless someone examines the log. Once every eight days
my client is sent a backup/verify report, which he examines.
When a tape goes bad then he replaces it.

If a customer cannot afford to lose a single backup run then
you have to examine each and every backup report, and
replace each tape when it throws up an error.