Retention changes planned?

[kevz0r]

Hi guys,

Are there any plans to change the retention policy on a repository similar to GFS? - ie. instead of just x years, keep every hour for a month, then once a week for x weeks, once a month for x months, etc.

Thanks

[nielsengelen]

Hi Kevin,

No plans for this in v2. If you however run everything in a VM you could use VBR to achieve GFS points with backup copy job.

Out of interest and maybe for future development; would you prefer the way we back up with VBR more compared to the current method?

[tsanfilipp]

I prefer the current retention policy, since it fits much better with a mailbox standpoint. What would be the advantage to having it backup in the same manner as VBR?

[Mike Resseler]

Tim,

Some people prefer to have a backup with how the mailbox looked like at that specific restore point (including older items than the retention range). I don't think there is an advantage or disadvantage, it is more from an SLA point of view and how you agreed it with your management.

Purely from a compliance point of view, the current model fits the legislations. But as said, it is more of a preference I guess