Becky,

I've had similar experience.  We send about 100 GB / day to our 3583 (4
drives).  As far as I know no drive has ever cleaned itself.  The library
has been in service since last October.  But in general, drive cleanings
are rare on our system.  We have a mix of 3570, LTO, and DLT media and I
see 1-2 drive cleaning events per month on the average.  That's across a
total of 16 drives.

And we too have had two LTO drives replaced because of tapes stuck in them.
And I mean SERIOUSLY stuck!  The local CE disassembled the first drive that
jammed and still couldn't remove the tape!

Tab Trepagnier
TSM Administrator
Laitram Corporation









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I have had the same concern.  I also have had two drives replaced because
tapes were stuck.  It is an interesting theory...instead of fixing the
drive
when a tape is stuck they just replace it.  Definitely different from the
3590s.
Becky