It was a dark and stormy night

Well, it was storming at 0445 when I got up this morning. Since I work in the basement, the thunder was nicely muted. Then, however, I fired up the Haunted Tape Drive, an old ADIC FastStor library I bought off eBay. I hadn’t had a chance to use it yet, but I finally installed the drivers yesterday so I could take a refreshing full backup first thing this morning. Long story short, that thing squeaks, mutters, and beeps so much that it’s like being trapped in a basement with Beetlejuice, only without Geena Davis. I’m sure I’ll either a) get used to it or b) start scheduling my backups to happen overnight.