I just installed an external Exabyte M2 tape drive on my backup server. Holy
mother of Elvis, does this thing smoke. 400 MB/min thruput on local volumes,
up to 300 MB/min over the network. In case you're looking to spend a big wad
of money on a tape backup system, consider this one.
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In the last couple of days I've seen two installation where backups fail
because Retrospect wants another media. Even though the tape or disk
weren't full, the Summary window for the Backup Set said "Appending requires
another member". In one case we were backing up to Onstream ADR tapes. The
