Ever wonder what it takes to build a company from the ground up? This week, Pete Wright sits down with Murali Balcha, the founder and CTO of Trilio, as he shares his personal journey of entrepreneurism and innovation.

Murali opens up about the pivotal moment he realized his idea was "startup worthy," leaving the comfort of a years-long career at EMC to pursue a vision. He paints a picture of the early days: the scrappy resourcefulness of building a company on a foundation of used Dell servers, the uncertainty of securing funding, and the satisfaction of landing that first major client.

Murali takes us through the challenges of navigating the ever-evolving universe of cloud technology, the surprising twists and turns along the way, and the quiet confidence that comes from building something truly unique. They explore the potential of AI and what it means for the future of Trilio and the tech industry as a whole.

This episode offers a glimpse into the heart and soul of a startup, the challenges, the triumphs, and the belief in the power of an idea seeded in the cloud.

Links & Notes

• From Founding to Funding: Perspectives from Murali Balcha, Founder and CTO of Trilio | Trilio
• OpenStack Backup and Recovery | Kubernetes Backup and Recovery

This month, Pete Wright welcomes back Rodolfo Casás, who previously introduced us to the OpenShift mindset. This time, Rodolfo dives into the must-have features of Trilio for OpenShift and OpenShift virtualization data protection.

Throughout the conversation, Rodolfo highlights several key features that resonate with customers. He discusses the simplicity and efficiency of the OpenShift console plugin, which allows users to easily manage backups directly from the OpenShift UI. Rodolfo also emphasizes the importance of operator data protection, noting that many customers forget to protect their operators despite their growing significance in the Kubernetes ecosystem.

One of the most stunning features Rodolfo presents is the low recovery time objective (RTO) capability. By pre-staging backups and creating volume snapshots in the destination cluster, Trilio enables customers to recover hundreds of virtual machines in a matter of minutes rather than hours or days. Other notable features include application-level encryption for enhanced security and the ability to protect application container images for seamless disaster recovery and regulatory compliance.

Rodolfo also shares insights on Trilio's integrations with automation tools like Ansible and Advanced Cluster Manager (ACM). These integrations allow customers to deploy and manage their backup strategies at scale, streamlining processes such as data center migrations and disaster recovery testing. While acknowledging the potential for "automation rot," Rodolfo stresses the importance of having a dedicated DevOps team to maintain and update these automations regularly.

Links & Notes

• Trilio for OpenShift
• OpenShift Virtualization
• Ansible Automation Platform
• Advanced Cluster Manager

In this episode of Trilio Insights, our senior solutions architect Rodolfo Casás joins Pete Wright to discuss the critical world of disaster recovery in IT.

Casás breaks down the key differences between backups, high availability, and disaster recovery, emphasizing that while backups are essential, they're not enough for critical systems that can't afford downtime. He explains how high availability has evolved from relying on expensive, "fail-proof" servers to modern cloud-native approaches that assume any component can fail at any time.

The conversation delves into the sobering statistics of data disasters: 82% of breaches involve human error and the average cost of downtime is $1,400 per minute. Casás stresses the importance of thorough disaster recovery planning, including risk assessment, understanding critical applications, and regular testing.

Finally, Casás introduces Trilio's "continuous restore" feature, which aims to dramatically reduce recovery time by pre-staging data on secondary clusters. This approach can significantly speed up disaster recovery, especially for large datasets.

The episode concludes with a call to listeners to learn more about disaster recovery, with Wright emphasizing its importance for anyone who has experienced data loss.

Links & Notes

• Continuous Recovery & Restore
• A Common Misconception- Backup Is Not Disaster Recovery
• High availability is not disaster recovery - Disaster Recovery of Workloads on AWS: Recovery in the Cloud
• Business Data loss and Disaster Recovery Statistics in 2024
• An 8-step Guide for Creating a Disaster Recovery Plan | Kaluari Limited
• Strengthening operational resilience and reducing concentration risk in financial services - Microsoft Service Assurance
• Service Trust Portal