What is Grandfather-Father-Son Backup and How to Do It?
www.ubackup.com › articles › grandfather-father-sonSep 14, 2020 · Grandfather-Father-Son (short for GFS) is a common and most widely used backup rotation strategy for storage media. Typically, It consists of daily incremental backup (son, once a day), weekly full backup (father, once a week), and monthly full backup (Grandfather, once a month), and even more (like hourly, quarterly, or annual backups).
GFS backup scheme
www.acronis.com › en-gb › supportGFS backup scheme This section covers implementation of the Grandfather-Father-Son (GFS) backup scheme in Acronis Backup & Recovery 10. With this backup scheme you are not allowed to back up more often than once a day.