User`s guide

Appendix A
Frequently Asked Questions
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You might want to rotate your cartridges more often and use more than
one extra cartridge to provide a higher level of data protection. The
GoVault data protection software makes it easy. Each time you insert a
new cartridge, new and changed files will be added to the cartridge.
Depending on how often the cartridges are rotated, some cartridges can
have more recovery points than others.
You could create a cartridge rotation schedule based solely on the
number of cartridges you believe is sufficient for your needs. For
example, you might just want to create an Everything protection plan to
store all of your local hard drive data to a cartridge, then use a separate
cartridge for each day that you need to backup. This way you would have
a complete backup of your system each day.
Another option would be to create a three-cartridge rotation scheme in
which the first and last day of your backup cycle uses a cartridge
specifically for those days, and the third cartridge is used sometime
between those days.
You could create a cartridge rotation scheme based on the types of files
you have stored on your local and network systems, and designate
specific cartridges for specific protection plans. This can be helpful if you
have different kinds of data that can naturally be divided among two or
more cartridges. For example, if you have a large amount of fixed content
data such as music, images, video, and so on, you might want to use a
cartridge solely for the purpose of storing those types of files. Depending
on how often you add to these file types, or change these files, you might
need to use this cartridge only once a week or less often. Other cartridges
could be used for your dynamic content files such as one cartridge for
Customers A through L and another cartridge for Customers M through
Z.
What should I do when my cartridge is nearly full?
Usually, when a cartridge fills up it is time to purchase a new one.
Review the results from the last set of protection plans to see how much
data is actually being protected and how much space is being used. Use
this as a guide to correctly size the next GoVault cartridge to use.