> Michael, I'd like to recommend something that is more of an 
> architecture change than a straight solution to your backup situation.

We  have 3 HP EVAs, utilizing their SVSP distributed SAN architecture, 
with over 100TB total space, allocated over a couple dozen servers. These 
are all SCSI drives, or - for the NW AFTD devices - FATA drives. Most of 
the servers connect with 4G FC cards, some with 8G. All our shared storage 
comes from these. But you make excellent points, thanks.

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