Dear Rudolf,

In message <20151022092859.GA85460 AT fit.vutbr DOT cz> you wrote:
>
> > My LTO library can read and display this data; most of it is
> > self-esplaining, except for a data field "TAF" which probably
> > contains error or wear information - for most tapes this is empty,
> > but for a few (old, long used) ones I see entries like "3, 4, 6" or
> > "3, 4, 6, 20".  I would like to understand what these mean?
> > 
> > Can anybody shed any light on this?  Thanks in advance.
> 
>   I think that it is a number of Tape Alert Flags raised during
> tape lifetime.

Thanks a lot.

OK, so "TAF" means Tape Alert Flag - makes sense.

Do you also happen to know what these numbers mean?  As mentioned, I
have a few tapes which show "3, 4, 6", and one which shows "3, 4, 6, 20".

I guess these numbers have some meaning?

Of course I can just act on a base "any entrey means tape is bad", but
I would feel better if I were able to understand what went wrong.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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