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Coronavirus and your data
March 9, 2020

Coronavirus and your data

@wcpreston and @pmalaiyandi discuss Coronavirus and how it's going to affect the IT community, as well as your backup and recovery system. We discuss remote employees, cloud data protection, and disaster recovery. Mentioned ...

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Brian Biles from Datrium explains how they do HCI & DR
March 3, 2020

Brian Biles from Datrium explains how they do HCI & DR

Brian Biles (@BrianBiles), Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer of Datrium, is our special guest. He explains their offerings, with a focus on how they use VMware Cloud on AWS to do DR. Mentioned in this episode: Interview ad

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How to create a backup and DR plan
Feb. 25, 2020

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. Mentioned in this episode: Interview ad

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Is there hope in the Kubernetes Backup Space?
Feb. 18, 2020

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. Mentioned in this episode: Interview a...

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Applying Machine Learning to Data Protection
Feb. 10, 2020

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. Mentioned in this episode: Interview ad

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Salesforce reverses its position on their recovery service
Feb. 4, 2020

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. Mentioned in this episode: Interview ad

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Knative Book Author Schools Mr. Backup in Kubernetes & Container backup
Jan. 27, 2020

Knative Book Author Schools Mr. Backup in Kubernetes & Container back…

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 ...

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Veeam Acquisition – Part 2
Jan. 21, 2020

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 ...

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Veeam acquisition from an investor perspective
Jan. 14, 2020

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: - Wha...

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How to back up IaaS, PaaS & SaaS (i.e. cloud-native services)
Dec. 23, 2019

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. Mentioned in this episode: Interview ad

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AWS Outposts & Zombies
Dec. 17, 2019

AWS Outposts & Zombies

W. Curtis Preston & Prasanna Malaiyandi discuss the announcements of re:Invent 2019, and how Curtis fought zombies and lost. Mentioned in this episode: Interview ad

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How do you backup a container?
Dec. 6, 2019

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. ...

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Thanksgiving Special
Nov. 28, 2019

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...

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Dispelling lies about AWS snapshots for backups
Nov. 22, 2019

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...

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Are backup admins obsolete?
Nov. 16, 2019

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

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What to look for in a SaaS data protection solution
Nov. 7, 2019

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...

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How Hollywood Does Storage
Nov. 1, 2019

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...

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Backing up relational databases
Oct. 24, 2019

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

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Why are vendors offering Backup as a Service?
Oct. 18, 2019

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

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What do people use instant boot for?
Oct. 12, 2019

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

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Thoughts on the latest Forrester Wave
Oct. 4, 2019

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...

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Did a GDPR court just cripple GDPR?
Sept. 27, 2019

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...

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Backups - Done - Wrong
Sept. 19, 2019

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

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How To Win On Jeopardy (A "bonus" episode)
Sept. 18, 2019

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...

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