Talking Secondary Storage with Chris Wahl

Talking Secondary Storage with Chris Wahl

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Talking Secondary Storage with Chris Wahl

In this podcast, the team talk to Chris Wahl, Chief Technologist at Rubrik, a start-up offering data protection and archive solutions.  The conversation covers a definition of what secondary storage means and how it moves on from traditional data protection and secondary application usages.

You can find Rubrik online at https://www.rubrik.com/ and stalk Chris on Twitter at @ChrisWahl.

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  • 00:00:00 – Introductions
  • 00:02:00 – Secondary storage – a definition (or not)
  • 00:05:00 – Why secondary storage now?
  • 00:07:00 – Copan – remember them?
  • 00:07:30 – Virtual APIs – differentiating today’s market
  • 00:09:00 – Rubrik’s differentation – simplicity
  • 00:11:00 – What about lock-in?
  • 00:13:45 – Community for sharing code
  • 00:15:50 – Inserting Bangles lyrics
  • 00:16:00 – Going negative for a moment – what if things go wrong?
  • 00:18:45 – How about secondary storage for archive? What about tape?
  • 00:21:00 – Integration with other vendors
  • 00:22:20 – Deployment models and designs
  • 00:25:00 – Infinite retentions
  • 00:26:30 – How does secondary storage work with cloud applications?
  • 00:27:40 – How should an end user evaluate secondary storage?
  • 00:31:00 – What next for Rubrik?
  • 00:34:00 – Wrap up
 
Companies mentioned in this podcast; Copan Systems and Rubrik.
 
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