The Backup Wrap-up
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.
Recent Episodes
Jan. 13, 2025
Laptop Restore Nightmare: 900GB Recovery Story
A personal laptop restore that should have taken days stretched into weeks, highlighting critical lessons about backup and recovery. When our guest's laptop hard drive failed, he thought replacing it with an SSD and restorin…
Jan. 6, 2025
Making the Case for Your Backup IT Budget
Getting the right backup IT budget can feel like pulling teeth, but it doesn't have to be that way. In this episode of The Backup Wrap-up, W. Curtis Preston and Prasanna Malaiyandi share real-world strategies for securing th…
Dec. 23, 2024
DR Case Study: A first hand-account
(For frequent listeners, I made a mistake with last week's episode. THIS is the episode I meant to publish last week. I know it has the same description. Sorry about that.) This disaster recovery case study takes you insid…
Dec. 16, 2024
DR Case Study: When a Hurricane Hits Your Data Center
This disaster recovery case study takes you inside a real DR scenario when a hurricane devastated an island's data center. Our guest shares his firsthand experience managing recovery efforts with limited resources, no mainla…
Dec. 9, 2024
Surviving a Data Center Flood: Real Recovery Stories
Get ready for one of the most compelling disaster recovery stories we've ever featured on the Backup Wrap-up. (It's a very popular episode from a few years ago.) A veteran backup administrator shares his firsthand experience…
Dec. 2, 2024
Free NetBackup Reader: S2|DATA's Game-Changing Tool
S2|DATA has released a free NetBackup reader that gives users complete control over their backup data without requiring a full NetBackup environment. This standalone application allows anyone to quickly catalog and restore d…
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