Are there any downsides to using the Towers of Hanoi backup rotation strategy?
The main downside to using the Towers of Hanoi strategy is that it doesn’t provide a large number of short-term backups. This may be important, depending on the needs of your organization. For example, using the Grandfather-Father-Son strategy with 10 virtual-tapes, there is an effective short-term recovery with seven daily backups.. However, the Towers of Hanoi would only have daily backups for two days. This may not be a problem, depending on the needs of your organization. I feel that SaraB provides a cheap way to implement a rotation strategy that has not previously been available to small organizations before. If your network needs more short-term backups, you can implement a G-F-S example, or create your own custom rotation.schedule.
