DOGE and GSA recently tweeted that they saved a million dollars a year by converting 14,000 magnetic tapes to “permanent modern digital records.” When I saw this claim, my first reaction was incredulity. But after thinking through the numbers and technology involved, I’ve come to believe this might actually be possible. This blog post summarizes…
Tape backup for small business might sound like something from the past, but a recent announcement from Mag Store could change that perception. They’ve released what appears to be the industry’s first Thunderbolt/USB4 desktop tape drive, potentially opening up LTO tape technology to a much wider market of small and medium businesses. This blog post…
Forever incremental backup technology has completely transformed how we protect data. It eliminated the need for regular full backups, solved major performance headaches, and dramatically reduced storage requirements – all while improving restore times. What’s not to love? This blog post summarizes the main points of my latest podcast episode. If you’d like, you can…
When someone puts “cloud vs tape” in a headline, they’ve immediately lost me. Why? Because it’s a false dichotomy that misunderstands how modern storage works. Let me explain. This blog post summarizes the main points of my latest podcast episode. If you’d like, you can listen to it or watch it at https://www.backupwrapup.com/) Cloud vs…
When your building is on fire, your data center is underwater, or ransomware has locked up all your systems, it’s too late to figure out how disaster recovery should work. The disaster recovery lessons we’ve learned from major events like 9/11 and significant hurricanes have shaped how we should approach DR planning today. These lessons…
If you’re serious about your digital security, you need a password manager. But not all password managers are created equal, as users of LastPass painfully discovered when their supposedly secure password vaults were compromised, leading to massive cryptocurrency theft. Let’s talk about what makes the best password manager and what you need to know before…
Tape backup is not dead. In fact, more tape is sold today than ever before. This might come as a shock to those who’ve been told tape is obsolete technology that’s been replaced by fancy disk-based systems and cloud storage. This blog post summarizes the main points of my latest podcast episode. If you’d like,…
As much as I love tape (and I really do), I can’t ignore the fact that most operational backup and recovery today happens on disk-based systems. And that’s where we face a serious problem: your backup disk is often the first target when threat actors gain access to your environment. If your backups are sitting…
Your recovery time objective states how fast you can get back up and running after a disaster. Many organizations set aggressive 4-hour RTOs, but let’s get real – that timeline is pure fantasy for most scenarios. Here’s why. This blog post summarizes the main points of my latest podcast episode. If you’d like, you can…
If you’re still protecting your backup system with just usernames and passwords, you’re practically begging for trouble. Bad actors know exactly what they’re doing – they target backup systems first, and a simple password won’t stop them. Let’s talk about what passkeys are and why they represent a massive upgrade in security. This blog post…