Re: Mailbox Restore Policy

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On Thu, 16 Mar 2006 05:30:04 -0800, Joe
<Joe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Steve,

As you know, restoring e-mail data from tape is very time consuming, it is
also quite expensive and/or risky depending on your environment. For
example, imagine if your backup operator didn?t redirect the restore to an
alternate store or server, you could wipe out everyone?s mail on the
production store, that would be fun. I always mention that risk when the
subject of restores come up. These restores also require a lot of available
storage space, which is generally not used. You might need 100 gigabytes of
free space to restore a 10k e-mail, it is just a little silly.

That wouldnt happen unless someone screwed up and checked the box
allowing the database to be overwritten, Its not allowed by default.


We keep 30 days of deleted items in or organization and we remind the end
users often that deleted mail can be easily recovered within that 30 days.
Like other posts in this thread, restores from tape require executive
approval. We?ve assigned a cost of about $1000 and a risk factor equivalent
to a server drive replacement to Exchange tape restores. We don?t do charge
back, but that dollar figure is a good way for the management to weigh the
value.

Joe


"slm04747@xxxxxxxxx" wrote:

We are considering changing our Backup/Restore policy to one that makes
our backups only for disaster recovery of whole stores or servers.
Users will need to use recover deleted items if they lose a message.
It is just too costly in staff time to recover individual items ofr
users who lose things.
(The idea of an archiving solution for meeting institutional/legal
demands is a whole separate issue.)

Before we start pushing this policy, we wanted to know what policies
other organizations follow.

Thanks

Steve Moss
Sr. Systems Analyst
ITS
Pomona College
Claremont, CA


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