> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kelly J. Lipp [mailto:lipp AT STORSOL DOT COM]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 10:32 AM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: Tape Reliability Recommendations
>
> As for reliability.  That turns out to be a very mixed bag.  

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> For instance,
> we have a site with a large fiber channel and LTO 
> configuration.  No end to
> the problems so far and they are very serious problems.  Is 
> this a result of
> the tape technology?  I doubt it, but one never knows, do one?\

I would be very curious to hear what type of reliability problems you have seen 
with LTO.  I have posted here before, but we have been experiencing an 
incredibly high number of read errors with our 3584 LTO library.  We regularly 
see errors when trying to restore data from tapes.  We have been auditing 
volumes recently and have seen errors on a tape during one audit, and then 
audit again, with no errors.  There is no discernable pattern to these errors 
(across multiple tapes and multiple drives).  Due to the nature of the data we 
are backing up, the data does not change often (and therefore the tapes are 
generally written to once, and the data stays there), so over-used tapes should 
not be an issue.  

Anything that you could share with the list, or me directly, would be greatly 
appreciated.

Thanks.
Peter

    Peter Ford
    System Engineer

    
Stentor, Inc.
 5000 Marina Blvd, 
 Brisbane, CA 94005-1811  
 Main Phone: 650-228-5555
 Fax: 650 228-5566 
 http://www.stentor.com
 pford AT stentor DOT com 

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