Revision as of 17:46, 4 January 2022

UMIACS Archives

When UMIACS archives data we hold onto the archive for a period of 5 years.

What we generally do archive:

the primary drive from hosts with persistent local data (Windows/macOS only)
accounts that are archived and deleted (including metadata, network home directory/directories, and GitLab repositories)

What we generally do not archive:

/tmp and /scratch directories (as discussed on our page about data storage)
External drives that were attached to a machine
Data that migrated forward to a new machine
Data that was handed off into the care of the end-user or PI
Data from drives that failed and was not under backup protection, that is unavailable for us to archive
Data from self-supported machines

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 When UMIACS archives data we hold onto the archive for a period of 5 years.
-In general, we archive the following:
+What we generally do archive:
-* the primary drive from hosts with persistent local data (Windows, macOS)
+* the primary drive from hosts with persistent local data (Windows/macOS only)
 * accounts that are archived and deleted (including metadata, network home directory/directories, and GitLab repositories)
-* mailboxes that no longer receive mail (i.e. the forward address that used to go to the mailbox has changed)
-We may not archive the following:
+What we generally do not archive:
-* tmp and scratch directories (as discussed on our page about [[LocalDataStorage |data storage]])
+* <code>/tmp</code> and <code>/scratch</code> directories (as discussed on our page about [[LocalDataStorage | data storage]])
-* external drives that were attached to a machine
+* External drives that were attached to a machine
 * Data that migrated forward to a new machine
 * Data that was handed off into the care of the end-user or PI
 * Data from drives that failed and was not under backup protection, that is unavailable for us to archive
 * Data from self-supported machines