Episodes
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. ...
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. Mentioned in th...
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. Men...
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. :) Mentioned in this episode: Interview ad
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. Mentioned in th...
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 abou...
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. Mentioned in this episode: Interview ad
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. Mentioned in this episode: Interview ad
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. Mentioned in this episode: Interview ad
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 r...
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 t...
Backups - Done - Wrong
W. Curtis Preston (Mr. Backup) and Rob Worman discuss various backup configuration mistakes they've seen throughout their many years of backup. Mentioned in this episode: Interview ad
How To Win On Jeopardy (A "bonus" episode)
In this "bonus" episode of Restore it All, I offer a complete departure from our normal podcast content as Rob Worman regales us with stories of what it's like to be a Jeopardy champion, as well as the path he took the get th...
Make sure you're not the next ransomware victim!
W. Curtis Preston (Mr. Backup) and Prasanna Malaiyandi discuss two recent huge ransomware attacks. One that affected dozens of cities in Texas, and hundreds of dentists in the US. We discuss things you can do to ensure you do...
Cloud customers lose data
W. Curtis Preston and Prasanna Malaiyandi discuss the AWS outage that happened over Labor Day weekend, where some customers actually lost data. We also discuss what they could/should have done to prevent that. Mentioned in t...
VMworld and Funny Backup Stories
W. Curtis Preston (Mr. Backup) and Prasanna Malaiyandi talk with Steve Schaub at VMworld 2019 about VMware's announcements, and we also tell funny backup stories. Mentioned in this episode: Interview ad
Challenges with Disaster Recovery
W. Curtis Preston (Mr. Backup) and Prasanna Malaiyandi discuss various challenges with disaster recovery. We also have a very special guest star! Mentioned in this episode: Interview ad
Beer and Backups and Banks
W. Curtis Preston (Mr. Backup) and Ben Patridge talk about the things they learned while working in IT and backups at a bank. Mentioned in this episode: Interview ad
Beer and Backups, Part 1
Special guest on the podcast this week, Ben Patridge (Portland beer Ben), and W. Curtis Preston (Mr. Backup) discuss horror stories and other things gone wrong with backups, while drinking a couple of Trappist beers from Belg...
Tape is not dead
After covering in the last episode why tape isn't really good for backup anymore, W. Curtis Preston (Mr. Backup) and Prasanna Malaiyandi discuss the continued uses for tape. It's not dead -- even growing. Mentioned in this ep...
Why tape and backup became enemies
W. Curtis Preston (AKA Mr. Backup) explains to Prasanna Malaiyandi the early days of tape, and what happened to make backup and tape to become bad for each other. Mentioned in this episode: Interview ad
How Hollywood does backup
Today we have a special guest on Restore it All, and it's none other than Jeff Rochlin, an industry veteran and long-time friend. He's going to be giving us the inside scoop about how they do storage and backups in Hollywood...
Microsoft disabled the registry backup
W. Curtis Preston (Mr. Backup) and Prasanna Malaiyandi are joined by a guest, Matt Leib, and they discuss how Microsoft disabled the registry backup in Windows 10 and told no one. Mentioned in this episode: Interview ad
The Wifi is Down
W. Curtis Preston (Mr. Backup) and Prasanna Malayaindi interview an IT director from a tech company in the bay area. (Company and full name withheld for privacy reasons.) . We discuss what it's like to be an IT and security m...