As a standard, incremental backups from a minimum of 30 days to a maximum of 60 days with 1 month-end roll-up are stored on the Storage Platform.

The month-end roll-up contains the last version of each individual file that is selected for backup. Extended visibility of this data can be changed to suit the company’s requirement.

 

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Files are selected and the initial backup process starts.

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Daily backup of files occurs to the beginning of the third month.

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At the beginning of the third month, the daily versions of each individual files in month 1 are consolidated into the last version of that file. This is also known as the month end roll-up.

 

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Further daily backups of files occur to the beginning of the fourth month.

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At the beginning of the fourth month, the daily versions of each individual files in month 2 are consolidated into the last version of that file.

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Month 1 consolidated files are removed.

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This whole cycle is then repeated.  At any time, daily versions of files are available for a minimum of 30 days to a maximum of 60 days with 1 month end roll-up. This cycle can be changed to suit the company’s requirement e.g. daily backups can be extended as well as the number of roll-ups kept on the Storage Platform.

 

The month end roll-ups can also be stored on a separate Storage Platform or copied to tape for archiving purposes.