The Backup Wrap-Up

W. Curtis Preston (Mr. Backup)

Formerly known as "Restore it All," The Backup Wrap-up podcast turns unappreciated backup admins into cyber recovery heroes. After a brief analysis of backup-related news, each episode dives deep into one topic that you can use to better protect your organization from data loss, be it from accidents, disasters, or ransomware.

The Backup Wrap-up is hosted by W. Curtis Preston (Mr. Backup) and his co-host Prasanna Malaiyandi. Curtis' passion for backups began over 30 years ago when his employer, a $35B bank, lost its purchasing database – and the backups he was in charge of were worthless. After miraculously not being fired, he resolved to learn everything he could about a topic most people try to get away from. His co-host, Prasanna, saw similar tragedies from the vendor side of the house and also wanted to do whatever he could to stop that from happening to others.

A particular focus lately has been the scourge of ransomware that is plaguing IT organizations across the globe. That's why in addition to backup and disaster recovery, we also touch on information security techniques you can use to protect your backup systems from ransomware. If you'd like to go from being unappreciated to being a cyber recovery hero, this is the podcast for you.

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Feb 25, 2020 · 29 min
How to create a backup and DR plan
W. Curtis Preston & Prasanna Malaiyandi discuss how to create a backup plan, including discovering what can harm your data, gathering requirements, and looking at design options.
Feb 18, 2020 · 41 min
Is there hope in the Kubernetes Backup Space?
Special guest Chris Mellor (@chris_mellor) joins us on the podcast, and he asks some very good questions about the future of backup for Kubernetes, including a discussion about Portworx.
Feb 10, 2020 · 35 min
Applying Machine Learning to Data Protection
Our special guest this week is Preethi Srinivasan, Technical Product Architect at Druva. We talk about Machine Learning, analytics, and how they relate to Data Protection.
Feb 4, 2020 · 32 min
Salesforce reverses its position on their recovery service
We discuss how Salesforce.com has reversed their position on their "recovery service" that costs $10,000 and takes 6-8 weeks.
Jan 27, 2020 · 55 min
Knative Book Author Schools Mr. Backup in Kubernetes & Container backup
We have a special guest this week! None other than the author of "Knative in Action," Jacques Chester is joining Prasanna and Curtis to help us understand the interesting world of Kubernetes, Docker, Knative, and how it all relates to backup and storage.
Jan 21, 2020 · 34 min
Veeam Acquisition – Part 2
Due to the popularity of last week's podcast (An investor's perspective on Veem's Acquisiton), Prasanna and I decided to discuss this topic further. We used the article "The 6 things a private equity firm will do after they buy your business" from inc.com as a reference: https://www.inc.com/jim-schleckser/the-6-things-a-private-equity-firm-will-do-after-they-buy-your-business.html
Jan 14, 2020 · 41 min
Veeam acquisition from an investor perspective
One of the most successful investors in technology stocks is our special guest this first podcast of the new year! Matt Feshbach has managed billions in tech stocks, and he lends his brain to answer questions such as: - What does it mean that a private equity company just bought Veeam? - Why would they do that? - What's next? It's a great podcast where I learned a lot. Hope you like it!
Dec 23, 2019 · 20 min
How to back up IaaS, PaaS & SaaS (i.e. cloud-native services)
W. Curtis Preston (Mr. Backup) and Prasanna Malaiyandi discuss the various ways to back up IaaS, PaaS and SaaS data.
Dec 17, 2019 · 33 min
AWS Outposts & Zombies
W. Curtis Preston & Prasanna Malaiyandi discuss the announcements of re:Invent 2019, and how Curtis fought zombies and lost.
Dec 6, 2019 · 26 min
How do you backup a container?
W. Curtis Preston (Mr. Backup) and Jon Owings, Principal Solutions Architect for Cloud Solutions at Pure Storage (@jon_2vcps), discuss what container backup is, why it's so difficult, and what you need to do to back them up.
Nov 28, 2019 · 30 min
Thanksgiving Special
In this special Thanksgiving Episode of Restore it All, Prasanna and Curtis talk about the things they're thankful for. Important stuff, like smart phones, virtualization, and containers. Yea... we're nerds.
Nov 22, 2019 · 26 min
Dispelling lies about AWS snapshots for backups
W. Curtis Preston (Mr. Backup) & Prasanna Malaiyandi discuss some vendor FUD about using AWS snapshots (which are really image copies and not snapshots) for protecting native AWS resources like EC2, Redshift, S3, and EBS.
Nov 16, 2019 · 33 min
Are backup admins obsolete?
W. Curtis Preston (Mr. Backup) and Prasanna Malaiyandi discuss whether or not backup admins are no longer needed. They also discuss tapas and sangria. :)
Nov 7, 2019 · 41 min
What to look for in a SaaS data protection solution
W. Curtis Preston (Mr. Backup) & Prasanna Malaiyandi discuss SaaS backup: what it is, what it isn't, things to look for in a SaaS data protection solution, and how to decide if SaaS data protection is for you.
Nov 1, 2019 · 40 min
How Hollywood Does Storage
Jeff Rochlin, a former actor and Hollywood IT Industry veteran, makes his second appearance on Restore it All. W. Curtis Preston (Mr. Backup) & Prasanna Malaiyandi ask him to design a greenfield datacenter. We also talk about GDPR & CCPA.
Oct 24, 2019 · 24 min
Backing up relational databases
W. Curtis Preston (Mr. Backup) and Prasanna Malaiyandi discuss the various ways one can backup a relational database, like Oracle, SQL Server, DB2, MySQL, and PostgreSQL.
Oct 18, 2019 · 36 min
Why are vendors offering Backup as a Service?
W. Curtis Preston (Mr. Backup) and a mystery guest discuss why it has become so popular for data protection companies to offer their product as a service.
Oct 11, 2019 · 32 min
What do people use instant boot for?
W. Curtis Preston (Mr. Backup) & Prasanna Malaiyandi talk about the concept of "Instant boot" what companies use it for, and when (and when) not it might be an appropriate tool.
Oct 4, 2019 · 32 min
Thoughts on the latest Forrester Wave
Curtis & Prasanna greet their special guests Chris Mellor (Editor, The Register) and Chris Evans (Storage Unpacked Podcast), and talk about The Forrester Wave: Data Resiliency Solutions, Q3 2019. If you want to download the report yourself, you can do so here: https://resources.druva.com/analyst-reports/the-forrester-wave-data-resiliency-solutions-q3-2019
Sep 27, 2019 · 27 min
Did a GDPR court just cripple GDPR?
W. Curtis Preston (Mr. Backup) interviews Eugenia Buzogly, Senior Director of Legal and Data Protection Officer for Druva about a recent GDPR ruling that some have interpreted to mean they no longer have to comply! (Here's the ruling: https://regmedia.co.uk/2019/09/24/cp190112en.pdf) Does the ruling actually mean that?