Archiving Data for Long Retention Periods

Do you need to archive data or keep backups over periods longer than 60 or 90 days? If so, here is a simple strategy to manage that efficiently with Global datavault:

Select “Retention Policy” and set an “advanced retention policy” as follows:

  • Type = Daily; Number of copy to keep = 30
  • Type = Monthly; Frequency = Day 1; Number of copy to keep = 3
  • Type = Yearly; Frequency = Date 01-01; Number of copy to keep = 7

This will allow you to keep:

  • All files available within the last 30 days
  • All files available on the 1st day of each month within the last 3 months
  • All files available on the 1st day of each year within the last 7 years

The parameters are flexible and you can build a plan to suit your exact requirements. You can even have different retention policies for different types of data by creating additional backup sets.

The benefits are:

  1. longer retention for compliance purposes
  2. efficient storage
  3. lower cost

Global datavault allows you to keep versions of files for many years. And our flexible policies can meet any compliance needs - all while helping you manage efficiently at the lowest possible cost.

Contact us at support@globaldatavault.com if you have any questions.