Re: [Bacula-users] LTO3 tape capacity (variable?)

Subject:	Re: [Bacula-users] LTO3 tape capacity (variable?)
From:	James Harper <james.harper AT bendigoit.com DOT au>
To:	"Clark, Patricia A." <clarkpa AT ornl DOT gov>, "bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net" <bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net>
Date:	Tue, 25 Sep 2012 22:22:16 +0000

> 
> I've found LTO drives of any variety rarely need cleaning.  I've found that 
> one
> cleaning tape will usually be sufficient for the life of a library.  Your 
> field
> support may very well be right.
> 

The drive has an internal cleaning mechanism that is activated on load 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear_Tape-Open#Cleaning which is normally enough 
to keep the heads clean.

In my experience, when the drive starts telling you it needs cleaning, it's 
probably failing.

James

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