Hello!

To me, the strategy that I have followed is:

1. Get the database online as soon as possible - non-current data allowed

2. Attempt to restore the most-recent data first - mostly OLTP systems need transactions from within the last month 80% of the time

3. Attempt to restore the history data - the rest of the 80% data, used 20% of the time

Going side-track here, but I find the above strategy useful in data cleanup projects as well.

Have a great day!