It's not always the tape life that counts.  Usually a tape that has been
mounted over 300 times is ready for retirement.  Because DLT's get spooled
completely out of the tape cartridge upon every mount, they experience wear
and tear no matter if the tape is written to or not.  

Simon Lurye
Senior Consultant
Veritas Software
(C) 917-864-0016, (H) 212-213-8587, 
(P) 888-782-4923, 7824923 AT mobilemessage DOT com


-----Original Message-----
From: Dale_Kramer AT steris DOT com [mailto:Dale_Kramer AT steris DOT com]
Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 3:25 PM
To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: [Veritas-bu] Tape Life


     I hope someone can help me with this.  We use FujiFilm DLT tape IV for 
     our backups.  What is the useful life for this tape.  In other words 
     how many times can we back up to it dependably before we should 
     exchange it out for a new tape.
     
     thanx,
     dale
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