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grandfather-father-son

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A method for storing previous generations of master file data that are continuously updated. The son is the current file, the father is a copy of the file from the previous cycle, and the grandfather is a copy of the file from the cycle before that one.
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For example, with the commonly used grandfather-father-son strategy, two weeks of daily backups may be done with 8 son tapes.
Backing up to external hard drives: cost-effective for SMB by Chouinard, Don / Computer Technology Review
And, with the low cost of LTO 1 media, users are assured of the lowest total cost of ownership of any tape drive/media combination within the first year of usage when using a typical grandfather-father-son backup scheme.
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within the Tower of Hanoi (TOH) and Grandfather-Father-Son
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