LS-CAT Data Retention Policy
We make a good faith effort to keep your data on hand either
spinning on our disks or archived to tape. However, we make no
promises and it is in your best interests to make your own
arrangements for the long term storage of your data. Here is what we
try to do:
- Non-proprietary data:
- On Disk: 1 month
- On Tape: 3 months
- Proprietary data:
- On Disk: 1 week
- On Tape: (proprietary data are not saved to tape)
Usually we do much better than this so if you are missing some data
be sure to ask your staff contact to check to see if we still have
it.
Sometimes we do not achieve these goals due to hardware problems,
software bugs, or lack of storage capacity. In this case you'll need
to search your own archives for your data.
Note that our old on-line data viewer will show all entries even if
the data are achieved to tape or have been completely deleted.
However, we can only display files that are still on disk or have been
restored from tape.
