{"id":6435,"date":"2016-07-11T15:06:33","date_gmt":"2016-07-11T05:06:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/blog\/?p=6435"},"modified":"2016-07-11T15:06:33","modified_gmt":"2016-07-11T05:06:33","slug":"spotlight-static-backup-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/blog\/spotlight-static-backup-schedule","title":{"rendered":"Spotlight: Using a Static Backup Schedule with BackupAssist"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Want<\/a><\/h3>\n

Do you run a Basic, Intermediate, Professional or Grandfather-Father-Son Backup\u00a0Schedule?<\/span><\/h3>\n

If you do, then you’re running what’s known as a static backup schedule.<\/strong> Unlike other schedules, where you can keep the number of backups you want, static schedules require you to keep a set number of backups at all times.<\/p>\n

Translation? If you’re running one of these backup schedules, you need to have a lot of storage space.\u00a0<\/strong>Depending on the type of backup schedule you’re running, this might be anywhere between five to twenty-three backups stored at all times.<\/p>\n

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That may sound like a lot of storage space. Thankfully, when you’re using BackupAssist<\/a> for your backup schedules, these don’t need to all be full image backups\u2014you can make them incremental or differential to reduce their size. But that means before you choose a backup schedule, make triple-sure you have enough room to store them.<\/p>\n

Here’s a rundown of how many backups you need to keep per\u00a0backup\u00a0schedule:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Basic:<\/strong> 5
\n\u2022 Intermediate:<\/strong> 12
\n\u2022 Professional:<\/strong> 18
\n\u2022 Grandfather-Father-Son:<\/strong> 23<\/p>\n

Why so many?<\/strong> Simple. Say you’re on a Grandfather-Father-Son backup schedule. That means you’re performing one backup a day, five days a week. That’s five backups you need to store at any given time to restore from.<\/p>\n

Add to that five for each week, then twelve for each month, and one yearly backup… and you’ve got a total of 23 backups you need to store of whatever you’re backing up.<\/p>\n

Even though a static backup schedule takes a lot of data, it provides an incredibly strong defense against data loss. With it, you have an orderly, chronological record of your servers for point-in-time restores.<\/p>\n

Looking to perform a dynamic or static backup schedule?<\/strong> Download the 30-day fully featured trial of BackupAssist<\/a> and try out a wide range of data saving schedules.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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