Personally, I just wait until they fail.

-----Original Message-----
From: Piszcz, Justin [mailto:jpiszcz AT servervault DOT com]
Sent: Monday, October 31, 2005 10:34 AM
To: Mark.Donaldson AT cexp DOT com; Asiye.Yigit AT gantek DOT com;
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Cc: Girard, Dan
Subject: Number of mounts before getting rid of a tape?


What is the number of recommended mounts before you deem a tape is too
old to store data on it?

Or do you just wait until they fail?