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]

Footnotes

1. ^  Merrill Corporation, Electronic Discovery Glossary.
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. ^  Kroll Ontrack, Glossary of Terms, http://www.krollontrack.com/glossaryterms.
4. ^  Vinson & Elkins LLP Practice Support, EDD Glossary.