Hi all,
Thanks for your suggestions :)
I think that my reports of slow backup rates only apply when a small amount of data are being backed up. If I back up several gigs' worth the rate is fine, but if I back up a few tens' of megabytes, the rate is low.
Do the start and end times for a backup set include other operations apart from actually backing stuff up? Like finding the right spot on the tape, or working out which files to take?
If so, it might explain it. If a five minute start-to-end time is reported and the first four minutes were actually something other than streaming stuff to tape, I can see why the backup rate may appear low if you're not backing up much stuff.
many thanks,
alec