On Monday 24 August 2009 02:44:11 pm David McMullin wrote:
> If you ARE thinking of copying old tape to new tapes - here are some
> thoughts!
>
> 1. if your old tapes are multiplexed you might want to look into copying
> them to a disk or VTL then to a tape, since the shoe shining you experience
> is horrible if you try to copy tape to tape, unless you keep the
> multiplexing.
>
> 2. I am copying some backups from 2006 (~ 3 years old), and experiencing
> some increased failure rates, as well as drive issues with these tapes that
> have sat at iron mountain for 3 years.
>
> 3. Plan on it taking some time! AND those drives not being available during
> that time!


Thanks for sharing your experience David.  Fortunately I haven't used 
multiplexing in the past.  In fact, I may use it now when we get LTO4 since 
we're not a full Gb shop yet and the only way to get the most out of these 
drives will be to multiplex...

All the best,
Jorge
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