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> 2. When it is purged, are the files just deleted (since there has been a
> backup each nite) or are they put somewhere else? Sometimes old job files
> are needed, even after a project has been built.
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There is a differance between backing up and archiving. I assume when you
back-up you are rotating your tapes so you have 2-3 old backups besides the
current, and always rotate the oldest backup tape in as the next one to be
used. That way if something gets corrupted bewteen backups you can go back one
or two backups and you have a chance of getting a clean restore.
If you then purge old files from system, they will drop out of the back-up as
you cycle thru the tapes.
So for old files that you want to keep, but want to remove to make space you
should archive (I suggest to CD-ROM). One strategy is to have a cron job zip
thru your file sys say once a month and identify and files that have not had
activity on them in the past 6 months. Flag these files (e.g. make a list of
them) then you can use that list to select which files to remove and archive.
I myself back-up regularly, and archive annually, but then my needs are
differnet than yours.
