Backup tape recycling

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• The process whereby an organization's backup tapes are overwritten with new archived data usually on a fixed schedule (e.g., the use of nightly backup tapes for each day of the week with the daily backup tape for a particular day being overwritten on the same day the following week; weekly and monthly backups being stored offsite for a specified period of time before being placed back in the rotation). ^{[1] [2]}
• Backup tape recycling is the process whereby an organization’s backup tapes are overwritten with new backup data, usually on a fixed schedule (i.e., the use of nightly backup tapes for each day of the week with the daily backup tape for a particular day being overwritten on the same day the following week; weekly and monthly backups being stored offsite for a specified period of time before being placed back in the rotation). ^[3]
• The act by which old backup tapes are overwritten with new data. ^[4]

1. ^[1] Merrill Corporation, Electronic Discovery Glossary. ↩
2. ^[2] Fenwick & West LLP, FWPS eDiscovery Terminology (11/6/2005). Citing Applied Discovery's Bone up on Backup, http://www.lexisnexis.com/applieddiscovery/NewsEvents/PDFs/BoneUpOnBackup.pdf ↩
3. ^[3] Kroll Ontrack, Glossary of Terms, http://www.krollontrack.com/glossaryterms ↩
4. ^[4] Vinson & Elkins LLP Practice Support, EDD Glossary. ↩