Backup Retention Planner
Answer a few questions about compliance requirements, business recovery needs, and storage cost tolerance to get a tailored backup retention schedule. No account access required.
Backup Retention Planner
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Backup Retention Planner
Answer questions about compliance requirements, business recovery needs, and storage cost tolerance to get a tailored backup retention schedule.
FAQ
Common Questions
How long should regulated data like HIPAA records be retained in backups?
Retention requirements vary by regulation and data type — HIPAA and many financial recordkeeping rules commonly require retention periods in the range of 6-7 years, though the specific requirement depends on your industry and jurisdiction. This planner helps identify whether a specific requirement applies and points you toward setting backup retention to meet it.
Why would I need to restore from an older backup rather than the most recent one?
Many incidents — ransomware, slow-discovered corruption, an error that went unnoticed for weeks — are not caught until well after they occur. If your retention window is too short, the only backups still available may already contain the same problem, making an older, unaffected backup essential to a clean recovery.
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