Book Drive

We’ve reached the time where I suggest that if you’re a regular reader of this blog, you would likely find a great deal of value in buying and reading my book, Enterprise Systems Backup and Recovery: A Corporate Insurance Policy.

My book is not targeted for users of any technology X, or any business category Y – it’s about the processes, the people, the policies and considerations that have to be thought of and developed in order to have a successfully run backup system.

If you want a basic overview of what I’m talking about there, to whet your appetite, read “What is a backup system?“, a blog post I made in January. The diagram alone from that post should help you understand why I differentiate between backup products and backup systems:

As you can see there – the technology is just a small fraction of what goes into a backup system – and so if you’re confident on the technology but you’re missing any of the other pieces mentioned, then you need to read my book.

But don’t just take my word for it – check out the reviews for the book on Amazon. The two most recent reviews are as follows:

Every business or organization should have an information insurance plan including data protection to prevent small day to day incidents from escalating into disasters.

A data protection insurance plan should also help business of all size continue operations during acts of nature, those caused by humans not to mention technology failures. Preston de Guise has written the definitive book from a practitioner perspective and a must read for anyone involved with protecting, preserving and service information systems.

The books flow and format is very well laid out appealing to different audiences from IT architects to those responsible for actually getting backup and restore accomplished in an efficient and effective manner. Don’t let the title of Backup and Recovery fool you, there is much more packed into this ranging from debunking common data protection myths to establishing a strategy in addition of what to do when. There is plenty of how to topics covered as well as the strategy or reasoning of what to do when as well as why.

If you are involved with IT systems particular servers, storage, cloud, virtualization or data protection, this book should be on your book shelf.

Cheers gs

Greg Schulz

IT Advisor and Author

(Greg is the author of “Resilient Storage Networks: Designing Flexible Scalable Data Infrastructures“, as well as “The Green and Virtual Data Center“, and runs the StorageIO Blog.)

From Carlos Leiva, the review was:

Este libro es excelente para aquellos que deseen aprender en detalle de la práctica de respaldos y recuperación, pues indica en forma simple los métodos y actividades que deben realizarse para establecer prácticas seguras y adecuadas en sus organizaciones. El contenido del libro permite establecer un marco de evaluación de las prácticas que se desarrollen en las organizaciones.

Which, when plugged into Google translate (since I’m terrible at non-computer languages), says:

This book is excellent for thosewish to to learn in detail about the practice of backup and recovery ,as shown in simple form the methods and activities to be carried out toestablish safe and appropriate practices in their organizations. The contents of thebook provides a framework for assessing the development practices in organizations.

So, there you have it. Don’t just take my word for it; after all, I’m the author and understandably biased. But with an average rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars on Amazon, and reviews like that – surely it’s worth checking out?

If you’re already sold, here’s a link to buy direct from Amazon.

Thanks for your time as a reader of the blog – and thanks for your support!