BACKUP OPTIONS

Option 1
Month 1
5 Incremental Daily Backup Set A
Week 1
5 Incremental Daily Backup Set B
Week 2
5 Incremental Daily Backup Set C
Week 3
Week 4 5 Incremental Daily Backup Set A
1 Full Monthly Backup - A
Month 2
5 Incremental Daily Backup Set B
Week 1
5 Incremental Daily Backup Set C
Week 2
5 Incremental Daily Backup Set A
Week 3
Week 4 5 Incremental Daily Backup Set B
1 Full Monthly Backup - A
Month 3
5 Incremental Daily Backup Set C
Week 1
5 Incremental Daily Backup Set A
Week 2
5 Incremental Daily Backup Set B
Week 3
Week 4 5 Incremental Daily Backup Set C
1 Full Monthly Backup - A
Month 4
5 Incremental Daily Backup Set A
Week 1
5 Incremental Daily Backup Set B
Week 2
5 Incremental Daily Backup Set C
Week 3
Week 4 5 Incremental Daily Backup Set A
1 Full Monthly Backup - A
Month 5
5 Incremental Daily Backup Set B
Week 1
5 Incremental Daily Backup Set C
Week 2
5 Incremental Daily Backup Set A
Week 3
Week 4 5 Incremental Daily Backup Set B
1 Full Monthly Backup - A

duplicate

1 Full Monthly Backup - AA

(Stored Offsite)

duplicate

1 Full Monthly Backup - BB

(Stored Offsite)

duplicate

1 Full Monthly Backup - CC

(Stored Offsite)

duplicate

1 Full Monthly Backup - DD

(Stored Offsite)

duplicate

1 Full Monthly Backup - EE

(Stored Offsite)

For Option 1, every week will have 5 incremental daily backups on each separate tape and labelled Set A, B or C.
The tape set will be cycled once it has reached to the end of the set. For example in Month 1, week 1 started off
with Backup Set A, week 2 with Backup Set B and week 3 with Backup Set C. On week 4, Backup Set A will be
cycled. Data will be overwritten if the entire Backup Set A is full, else it will be just added into the set. End of each
month, a Full Monthly Backup and a duplicate on another tape will be created. The duplicated copy will be stored
offsite and will not be used for any other backup activity.
Overall, company will have at least 2 weeks of latest data and 1 month full backup.

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BACKUP OPTIONS
Option 2
Month 1
5 Incremental Daily Backup Set A
Week 1
5 Incremental Daily Backup Set B
Week 2
5 Incremental Daily Backup Set C
Week 3
Week 4 5 Incremental Daily Backup Set D
1 Full Monthly Backup - A
Month 2
5 Incremental Daily Backup Set A
Week 1
5 Incremental Daily Backup Set B
Week 2
5 Incremental Daily Backup Set C
Week 3
Week 4 5 Incremental Daily Backup Set D
1 Full Monthly Backup - B
Month 3
5 Incremental Daily Backup Set A
Week 1
5 Incremental Daily Backup Set B
Week 2
5 Incremental Daily Backup Set C
Week 3
Week 4 5 Incremental Daily Backup Set D
1 Full Monthly Backup - C
Month 4
5 Incremental Daily Backup Set A
Week 1
5 Incremental Daily Backup Set B
Week 2
5 Incremental Daily Backup Set C
Week 3
Week 4 5 Incremental Daily Backup Set D
1 Full Monthly Backup - A
Month 5
5 Incremental Daily Backup Set A
Week 1
5 Incremental Daily Backup Set B
Week 2
5 Incremental Daily Backup Set C
Week 3
Week 4 5 Incremental Daily Backup Set D
1 Full Monthly Backup - B

duplicate

1 Full Monthly Backup - AA

(Stored Offsite)

duplicate

1 Full Monthly Backup - BB

(Stored Offsite)

duplicate

1 Full Monthly Backup - CC

(Stored Offsite)

duplicate

1 Full Monthly Backup - DD

(Stored Offsite)

duplicate

1 Full Monthly Backup - EE

(Stored Offsite)

For Option 2, every week will have 5 incremental daily backups on each separate tape and labelled Set A, B, C or D.
The tape set will be cycled the following month. Data will be overwritten if the entire Backup Set A is full, else it will
be just added into the set. End of each month, a Full Monthly Backup and a duplicate on another tape will be
created. On top of that, monthly backup tape will be cycled every 3 months. The duplicated copy will be stored
offsite and will not be used for any other backup activity
Overall, company will have at least 3 weeks of latest data and 3 months full backup.

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