Safe sets in the SP Unified Backup

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Number of safe sets in Securepoint Unified Backup

New article: 09.2023

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• The backups are grouped together in so-called safe sets
• Each schedule creates a safe set from which data can be restored
• The storage type defines how many safe sets are stored for how many days

• In principle, 44 safesets are available per job.
  Both the storage types and the prioritization in the schedule are crucial.

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Our recommendation:

#	Type	Online storage	Online copies	Schedule	Description	Selected number	Number of safe sets
1.	12_months	365 Days	11	Days of the month	1x Calendar day	Retention 1 year, usually 12 copies (but deletion also after 1 year if a monthly copy could not be made due to being offline).	12
2.	30_days	30 Days	30	Days of the week	7x Weekdays	Same time as backup above! If the monthly backup and the daily backup are scheduled at the same time in the specified order, this will result in the daily backup not occurring once a month because the monthly backup is being performed at that moment.    1x a month 12_month is executed instead	29
3.	4_intraday	1 Day	4	Custom	Custom cycle 45/6,12,18/*/*	Daily backup at 6:45 a.m., 12:45 p.m. and at 6:45 p.m.	3
Note order Note time					Total	44

Number of safe sets	Calculation	Description
0-44	Inclusive quota	Due to the predefined number of online copies or use of own schedules and depending on when the vault systems perform the cleanup operations, more than 44 safe sets can exist
45-50	Buffer zone (free of charge)	For such cases there is a free reserve of 6 additional safe sets as a buffer
51 or more	chargeable additional use	If there are 51 or more safe sets, an "excess use" will be charged per safe set