W. Curtis Preston (a.k.a. "Mr. Backup"), Executive Editor and Independent Backup Expert, has been singularly focused on data backup and recovery for more than 15 years. From starting as a backup admin at a $35 billion dollar credit card company to being one of the most sought-after consultants, writers and speakers in this space, it's hard to find someone more focused on recovering lost data. He is the webmaster of BackupCentral.com, the author of hundreds of articles, and the books "Backup and Recovery" and "Using SANs and NAS."
Articles, videos, podcasts and tips by Curtis Preston:
NEW Symantec Veritas NetBackup best practices: Using the maximum jobs per client setting
This is the second in a multi-part series discussing Symantec Corp. Veritas NetBackup best practices to help you make the right choices for your data backup system.
NEW PODCAST Continuous data protection (CDP) on the rise in data backup and recovery products
Why is CDP on the rise this year? Do customers see CDP as an attractive asset now, and why? Rick Walsworth, EMC's director of product marketing for cross-platform replication solutions, and Curtis Preston, discuss recent CDP trends in this podcast.
Target-based data deduplication product considerations
Learn about target-based data deduplication product considerations in W. Curtis Preston's latest backup tip.
Using bare-metal recovery to migrate physical machines to virtual machines with VMware
Learn about using the bare-metal recovery procedure to migrate physical machines into virtual machines in Curtis Preston's latest column.
Symantec Veritas NetBackup data backup and recovery best practices
This is the first in a multipart series about Veritas NetBackup best practices to help you make the right choices for your data backup system.
Creating a custom data backup process and customizing backup scripts
Customizing your data backup process and customizing your backup scripts may make things much more complex. Read W. Curtis Preston's latest column about customizing backup systems.
SharePoint data backup and recovery best practices
To back up SharePoint, one must understand it first. Learn about how to use SharePoint recycle bins, SharePoint and data deduplication, and SharePoint backup best practices.
Data destruction FAQ
When data backups are deleted in your business, are they really gone? In this FAQ, Executive Editor and Independent Backup Expert W. Curtis Preston discusses data destruction in backup environments. Curtis takes a closer look at the approaches to destruction, regulations and policies regarding destruction and options for outsourcing this policy.
Tape backup and recovery technology tutorial
Despite all the hype around disk-based backup and data deduplication, tape remains the predominant way that users ultimately store their backups. Even if they first back up to disk, most users eventually store their backups on tape. Learn about recent changes in tape technology and how to best use tape in a modern backup environment in this tutorial.
Backups (not so) Anonymous
Got a backup problem? Here are 10 ways you can fix your most vexing issues.
CDP FAQ:Continuous data protection (CDP) is becoming an increasingly attractive data protection and backup option. But is CDP right for your business?
Server-free backup FAQ
W. Curtis Preston discusses how server-free backup works, pros and cons of server-free backup, the server-free backup market today, and alternatives to this complicated approach.
New Year's resolutions for data backup administrators
To make sure you start off the new year right, here are W. Curtis Preston's (a.k.a. Mr. Backup) New Year's resolutions for 2009.
Podcast: Disk-based backup for SMBs
In this podcast, Curtis takes a closer look at the benefits and cost differentiators of moving from tape to disk for data backup for SMBs.
Continuous data protection: Near vs. real CDP
In this article, learn about the differences between continuous data protection (CDP) and near-continuous data protection.
Data replication for backup best practices
In this interview, Curtis discusses synchronous and asynchronous replication, data deduplication, and backup management best practices.
