Quantum govault 40gb Guia Do Programa

Chapter 5  Best Practices

Developing Protection Plans

GoVault™ Data Protection Software, Version 1.0 User’s Guide

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scheduled basis, you would exchange the two. This would provide a 

minimal amount of protection, but would leave “at risk” the new files 

and update activities that take place between rotations.
More aggressive cartridge rotation schedules would add more cartridges 

and a more-frequent rotation schedule. A daily cartridge rotation 

schedule would not be unusual in a highly active, fast-moving 

environment where access to prior versions of frequently changing files 

was vital.
Whatever cartridge rotation scheme you need, you can configure your 

protection plans to remind you when it’s time to rotate cartridges. And 

you need not be concerned about keeping track of which files are on 

which cartridges—the GoVault data protection software will keep track 

for you, and tell you which cartridge you need when it is time to find and 

restore files.

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When a GoVault cartridge becomes filled to capacity and is no longer 

viable for additional protection plan runs, you have two options:

• Erase/reformat the cartridge and start over
• Replace the cartridge with a new one, keeping the full cartridge for 

long-term archive protection

Erasing and reusing a cartridge saves the cost of the replacement, but 

forever destroys the contents of the cartridge. 
Before erasing and reusing a cartridge, always carefully evaluate the 

value of the data on the cartridge—the probability that you might 

someday need specific versions of files that are on it, and the impact that 

such a loss might have on your business. If these are important factors, 

then you should always purchase an additional cartridge and keep the 

full one for long-term archive protection.

Developing Protection Plans

A key element to consider before developing your first protection plan is 

the incredible operational flexibility provided by the GoVault data 

protection software. Rather than developing a (one) protection plan, you