On Tue, 13 May 2003, Jon LaBadie wrote:

> After posting my questions above I recalled the comments of a speaker
> from Fuji at a tape technology talk recently.  IIRC he recommended
> using DDS3/4 tapes 50 times.
>
> Then I thought, 2.5 yrs x 52 wks, 130 dumpcycles.  Each tape used
> once every 3 dumpcycles.  That's 43 uses.  Maybe I better check
> more regularly.  I don't amverify right now.  Is that a suitable
> test for tape readability?  Of course that doubles the use rate :)

I'm sure your Fuji rep would approve.  :-)

-Mitch