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Skylar at 04:00, 2 November 2005

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	* We take a full backup on the first of every year, and store that tape indefinitely.		* We take a full backup on the first of every year, and store that tape indefinitely.

	We can make no other guarentees about the recovery of data. As always, the sooner you inform us of the problem, the greater the chance that we will be able to recover your data.		We can make no other guarentees about the recovery of data. As always, the sooner you [[SysadminContactInfo\|inform us]] of the problem, the greater the chance that we will be able to recover your data.

Skylar at 04:32, 2 September 2005

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	* We rotate through a full set of tapes in five weeks. This means that if you lost your data within five weeks of requesting the recovery, we can recover it down to the day.		* We rotate through a full set of tapes in five weeks. This means that if you lost your data within five weeks of requesting the recovery, we can recover it down to the day.
	* Every month we take a full backup and archive that tape in our fire-proof safe. We ~~maintain these full monthly backups for one semester. This means that if you request data recovery more than~~ a ~~month later than the loss but less than one semester later~~, we can recover ~~your~~ data ~~to within one month of the loss~~.		* Every month we take a full backup and archive that tape in our fire-proof safe. We rotate through a set of four tapes, so we can always recover the last four months of data.
	* We take ~~the last~~ full ~~monthly~~ backup of the semester ~~and save that in our tape safe for another semster before reusing it or disposing of it~~.		* We take a full backup at the end of every semester (including summer). We rotate through three tapes, so we can recover this set of files down to the semester.
	* ~~Depending~~ on ~~where we are in~~ the ~~tape rotation~~, ~~you can even specify the date of the file backup~~ that ~~you want recovered. We will honor the date set if possible~~.		* We take a full backup on the first of every year, and store that tape indefinitely.

	We can make no other guarentees about the recovery of data. As always, the sooner you inform us of the problem, the greater the chance that we will be able to recover your data.		We can make no other guarentees about the recovery of data. As always, the sooner you inform us of the problem, the greater the chance that we will be able to recover your data.

Skylar at 14:15, 6 July 2005

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	The CS systems administrators take regular tape backups of all files that you save in your home directory. These are the guarentees we can make on our ability to recover your data:		The CS systems administrators take regular tape backups of all files that you save in your home directory. These are the guarentees we can make on our ability to recover your data:

	* We rotate through a full set of tapes in ~~a month~~. This means that if you lost your data within ~~one month~~ of requesting the recovery, we can recover it down to the day.		* We rotate through a full set of tapes in five weeks. This means that if you lost your data within five weeks of requesting the recovery, we can recover it down to the day.
	* Every month we take a full backup and archive that tape in our fire-proof safe. We maintain these full monthly backups for one semester. This means that if you request data recovery more than a month later than the loss but less than one semester later, we can recover your data to within one month of the loss.		* Every month we take a full backup and archive that tape in our fire-proof safe. We maintain these full monthly backups for one semester. This means that if you request data recovery more than a month later than the loss but less than one semester later, we can recover your data to within one month of the loss.
	* We take the last full monthly backup of the semester and save that in our tape safe for another semster before reusing it or disposing of it.		* We take the last full monthly backup of the semester and save that in our tape safe for another semster before reusing it or disposing of it.

Skylar at 18:41, 5 February 2005

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	* Every month we take a full backup and archive that tape in our fire-proof safe. We maintain these full monthly backups for one semester. This means that if you request data recovery more than a month later than the loss but less than one semester later, we can recover your data to within one month of the loss.		* Every month we take a full backup and archive that tape in our fire-proof safe. We maintain these full monthly backups for one semester. This means that if you request data recovery more than a month later than the loss but less than one semester later, we can recover your data to within one month of the loss.
	* We take the last full monthly backup of the semester and save that in our tape safe for another semster before reusing it or disposing of it.		* We take the last full monthly backup of the semester and save that in our tape safe for another semster before reusing it or disposing of it.
			* Depending on where we are in the tape rotation, you can even specify the date of the file backup that you want recovered. We will honor the date set if possible.

	We can make no other guarentees about the recovery of data. As always, the sooner you inform us of the problem, the greater the chance that we will be able to recover your data.		We can make no other guarentees about the recovery of data. As always, the sooner you inform us of the problem, the greater the chance that we will be able to recover your data.

Skylar at 02:56, 20 January 2005

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	The CS systems administrators take regular tape backups of all files that you save in your home directory. These are the guarentees we can make ~~if you have~~ to recover your data:		The CS systems administrators take regular tape backups of all files that you save in your home directory. These are the guarentees we can make on our ability to recover your data:

	* We rotate through ~~four magazines every~~ month. This means that if you lost your data within one month of requesting the recovery, we can recover it down to the day.		* We rotate through a full set of tapes in a month. This means that if you lost your data within one month of requesting the recovery, we can recover it down to the day.
	* Every month we take a full backup and archive that in our ~~tape~~ safe. We maintain these full monthly backups for one semester. This means that if you request data recovery more than a month later than the loss but less than one semester later, we can recover your data to within one month of the loss.		* Every month we take a full backup and archive that tape in our fire-proof safe. We maintain these full monthly backups for one semester. This means that if you request data recovery more than a month later than the loss but less than one semester later, we can recover your data to within one month of the loss.
	* We take the last full monthly backup of the semester and save that in our tape safe for another semster before reusing it or disposing of it.		* We take the last full monthly backup of the semester and save that in our tape safe for another semster before reusing it or disposing of it.

	We can make no other guarentees about the recovery of data.		We can make no other guarentees about the recovery of data. As always, the sooner you inform us of the problem, the greater the chance that we will be able to recover your data.

Skylar at 22:16, 19 January 2005

2005-01-19T22:16:01Z

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The CS systems administrators take regular tape backups of all files that you save in your home directory. These are the guarentees we can make if you have to recover your data:

* We rotate through four magazines every month. This means that if you lost your data within one month of requesting the recovery, we can recover it down to the day.
* Every month we take a full backup and archive that in our tape safe. We maintain these full monthly backups for one semester. This means that if you request data recovery more than a month later than the loss but less than one semester later, we can recover your data to within one month of the loss.
* We take the last full monthly backup of the semester and save that in our tape safe for another semster before reusing it or disposing of it.

We can make no other guarentees about the recovery of data.