> This exactly what happened before I switched on persistent binding, and
> also have each storage node "see" only the drive it's supposed to write
> to. Then things went well.
>  
> Also wouldn't the rewind happen much faster when backing up to disk?
> Then while one node is writing to a tape another, also writing to the
> same tape, sends a bus reset. The first node is not aware of this reset
> and then just carries on writing.
>  
> Am I correct in understanding it this way?

Well,

rewinds are not as far as I know an issue when backing up to disk
as there is no physical tape to rewind and the disk driver will always
address each written block separately.

Best
Dag

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