Re: Tape Quality Issues
1997-11-21 19:22:33
At 02:14 PM 11/21/97 -0600, you wrote:
>Hi Everyone,
>
> We are using AIX 4.2 with ADSM V2 R1 Level 5.13 and a 7331-205 8mm tape
library. The tape drives are 7.0 GB drives and use the 160 meter tape. I
don't know if this 7331-205 library originally had 5.0 GB drives or not. I
am having all kinds of tape I/O errors relating to the tape media and
consequently to the tape drives. Does anyone else have this configuration,
and if so, are you experiencing anything similar?
>
We've been using this configuration for 2 years now and we are currently up
to 4 7331-205 units. We have had minimal problems with these units over the
past 2 years. The tape units are busy approximately 12 hours a day (tape
reclamation, restores migrations, etc.). I've had to replace about 8 tapes
over the past two years (bad spots for which I used AUDIT VOLUME to bypass)
and 3 tape drives.
We are currently planning on upgrading our units from 7331-205 to 7331-305
(20 GB Mammoth Tape technology).
I have been using the Exabyte 160 m XL tapes which seem to be more reliable
than the IBM tapes supplied with the unit.
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Don Coleman,
Queen's University Information Technology Services
Kingston, Ont. Canada K7L 3N6
Tel: (613) 545-2034 Email: Don.Coleman AT QueensU DOT CA
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