>> After about 4 years the tape would wear out, but that's hardly a big 
>> deal assuming you notice this and replace the tape.
> 
> And if you replace the disk drive on the same basis, you'll have better 
> reliability. :-)

Doubt it, but I don't have any numbers to prove anything either way, so 
it's an empty argument.

>> I *have*, however, had endless issues with BackupExec not actually 
>> ****ing working properly! >_<
> 
> That's the other problem. When's the last time you copied a file, then 
> went to open it and found it wasn't there?

The problems were more that you'd configure BE to perform a backup, and 
then next day it has crashed rather than perform a backup. VERY helpful.

In fairness, when was the last time you tried copying a file that 
somebody else was still using? Not so easy, is it?

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