Am I the only person who does not like Mezzo 4.2?

Enough said? I got 4.2 reauthoized finally and tried hard today to use it. I think they just made it too difficult and unfriendly. I can't seem to get it operate anything like I think it should. Lots of things, but after I inited a new tape to backup a project, on it's own it just started backing up 14g worth of stuff from another drive without me telling it too. It was files I had already backup up on the first tape. I managed to bail out. I changed the extension back to 3.8, restarted and launched it. I got the second tape to re-format in 3.8 and I backed the second project up on it. Is anyone else having problems getting 4.2 to work right or just work at all?

I've dropped it 7 years ago! Nuf said!

I have been having some growing pains with it on a Dual 867 Blowhole; 3 other older G4's are OK. More sensitive to cables and terminations? I do not know. I could not get the Atto UL3D to work with 4.2 and a AIT2 drive at all, so I am still with the PCIDC. Sometimes it crashes on loadup, and I have to force Mezzo to create a new App. Supp. folder and re-load media databases. Mezzo requires a TIGHT SCSI chain, so I always look there after a database re-build. I like the interface, and the ability to monitor transfer rate. I also like the tech support. They always respond quickly and thoroughly. We'll live with the bumps. Mike

Can someone explain the advantages of using Mezzo over Retrospect? Is it strictly the session based archiving it does? What is that, anyway? I use Retrospect and it has always just worked. I tell it what to backup and it backs it up. I've never felt the need for anything more. But I've always wondered about Mezzo...

It seems that some peoples don't want to realize that mezzo good ideas in a crap software. Just "Save a copy in" with All audio/fades files to another partition or any avail space. Then take CDFolder partitionner then burn multiple CD's.(if session is too large to fit on oneCD) No hassles, no bugs, no phones to tech support, no incompatibility with OS'es, no waitin for updates/bug fixes etc., etc., etc. ad nauseam. and finally: cheap and reliable media(CD-R) And MOST OF ALL: F R E E ! ! ! ...and I forgot, no anger or frustrations about it on this forum.

Mezzo was the worst thing invented for Studio Back Ups...we have had hundreds of bad restores and blown out tapes because of Mezzo....Made my life as an Assitant Engineer a living nightmare....infact the only thing that manage to keep me happy was the installation of the Vipre100 Drive running Retrospect....and Restores have been flawless and safe..... Mezzo....Sucks....you can quote me on that....