These points were passed to me off list.  They address some points
raised elsewhere in this thread.

- Bacula has known how to use the current tape that is a drive for a  
long time
now.  It is discouraged, but just a matter of configuration.

- XML for configuration.  No, for the reasons that are pointed out by  
the
prior thread mentioned by Frank.

- Configuration data in the database. Anyone that wants that can do it  
today.
Bacula will always read from a text file though, so that it can be  
easily
setup in a disaster situation when the database may not exist.

- Bacula supports different catalogs for different jobs (I think from  
the very
beginning). My setup uses two different catalogs on the same server,  
but you
can even use them on different servers.

- From the beginning Bacula works with multiple volumes in a given  
directory.
This is well documented in the Pool example chapter where I describe  
setting
up an automated system using three different pools.

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