That may be about
right for LTO - I'd have to check the web but I would say you could have
thousands of mounts for an LTO tape. 300+ is pretty good, and is probably the
starting point for a tape to start getting some good use.
But I am no real
expert. Like I said, you could use one tape, with horrendous problems, and end
up chucking it after 10 mounts.
Alternatively, one
tape could provide 5000+ mounts, and be trouble free :-) Many companies may
have tapes with double or treble this figure!
Normally,
manufactures of LTO's product a data sheet for life span of tapes, cycles ect.
May be worth looking into.
FYI I have a tape
with over 700 mounts - no problems so far.
S.
Yes it does help. Currently this concern is for
auditing purposes for a tape destruction plan.
Normally I would use until it dies but here it is
regulatory needs. I was thinking of setting
a lifespan between 500-1000 mounts. NB has it set
to stop using after 5000 mounts but I need
a decent number and wondering if 1000 is
expecting a bit much for audits.
Well unless you get problems, then continue to use them where
possible.
As soon as I get read / write issues, then its time to throw
away....
Lifespans of tapes (especially LTO) isnt straight forward as it may
seem. I think the estimate life is 20 - 30 years. But by then, we would be
on LTO17 or something like that!
Also, manufacturer of tape may come into question. As a guess, if the
tape is using 300+ mounts, then your getting good serious use out of the
tape.
Hope this may help....
Simon
How long
should you use a media tape such as Quantum LTO2
tapes?
There is no
standard concerning this but I have read a few different
opinions.
I would think
mounts would be more important then writes because reading
a tape can be
just a strenuous to the tape as writing to the tape.
If anyone has
something in place for tape destruction please
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