So I'm having a conversation about data backups and we steer towards the subject of tape retention periods. Having already heard that legislation requires tapes to be kept for 10 years, I made an innocent mistake...
"With your current system, do you keep the tapes for 10 years or forever?" I ask, hoping to determine whether there was a systematic process in place to identify which tapes had become obsolete and taking care of the destruction or recycling.
'Yes' came the response.
"Which? 10 years or forever?"
'Yes'
"I'm sorry, I don't understand, it is either 10 years or forever"
'Yes, we keep them forever for 10 years'
Right....now that we got that clear....
"So, after the 10 years, do you have them destroyed?"
'Oh no, we don't destroy them, we keep them...forever'
Ouch, my head hurts....maybe I'll try this again next week..
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