Written by W. Curtis Preston (@wcpreston), four-time O'Reilly author, and host of The Backup Wrap-up podcast. I am now the Technology Evangelist at S2|DATA, which helps companies manage their legacy data
There's now been over 15 reviews of my new book, Backup & Recovery (Buy It),…
FacebookXI just got off the phone with the folks at Symantec where we talked about NBU 6.5.4. The thing that stood out for me were the enhancements for OST, so I thought I’d talk about those. Written by W. Curtis Preston (@wcpreston), four-time O’Reilly author, and host of The Backup Wrap-up podcast. I am now…
FacebookXThere’s nothing quite like hearing disaster recovery stories from someone who’s been in the trenches. A few years ago I spoke with a backup administrator who faced every IT pro’s nightmare – a hurricane that flooded their data center and their Iron Mountain facility simultaneously. This blog post summarizes the main points of my latest…
FacebookXI’ve often stated that tape is still cheaper than disk, even after dedupe. I know that many dedupe salespeople try to tell customers that they’re going to save money by moving from tape to their wonderful deduped disk system; I just don’t see how that is possible. I’m absolutely convinced that tape is still cheaper,…
FacebookXIn today’s hyper-connected world, cybersecurity incidents are not a matter of if, but when. Creating an incident response plan is no longer a luxury—it’s a necessity for organizations of all sizes. As someone who’s been in the trenches of data protection for decades, I can’t stress enough the importance of having a well-thought-out plan in…
FacebookXSomeone defaced my site Friday evening and I had a really fun weekend (not). Click Read More for the story. Written by W. Curtis Preston (@wcpreston), four-time O’Reilly author, and host of The Backup Wrap-up podcast. I am now the Technology Evangelist at S2|DATA, which helps companies manage their legacy data
FacebookXI’m reversing a long-standing position of mine, and people who know me know I don’t do that sort of thing very often. (My wife would tell you I never do.) Typical backup software installs an agent on each system to be protected. Agentless backup gets the job done without installing agents, choosing instead to log…