Richard Sims wrote:
> I would only engage in such work for tapes which seemed problematic,
> taking a drive away from TSM for a while to do that.  A new tape may
> exhibit a write error or two in initial uses, and then be okay in the
> future, as regular usage seems to smooth out the coating and knock off
> any microscopic irregularities.  "Experienced" cartridges seem to be
> happier cartridges.  Our life with tape.

Cool. Our experiences definitely mirror yours. I think the only time
I've seen reused tapes fail was when we were on SAIT. LTO has been much
more solid, in terms of both tape and drive reliability.

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