George Scott wrote:
>This is basically a design fault with DLT drives.  The leader is a
>one-shot mechanism; if it doesn't engage with the loop on the tape the
>first time the drive needs to be repaired.  Makes you wonder where they
>get the stated MTBF rating of 200,000 hours (which is >22 years) from.
>Maybe that is the reliability with the drive sitting on the shelf.

We have had four DLT7000 drives in a Scalar 1000 since 1999. Never had any
problems with tape leaders.

greetings,

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