Hi, All

I'd like to find out what the expected useful lifetime ought to be for
DLT media. how many times can I safely re-use a DLT cartridge? how can I
figure out how many times a cartridge has been used if it's in a
jukebox? what kind of symptoms should I expect to see if I over-use a
tape? is there some hardware or software feature that should be warning
me if I'm starting to over-use a tape? a related question, I guess, is
how long can I leave a DLT cartridge sitting unused and still expect to
be able to read it back? I'm using DLT7000 tapes in an STK 9710 library.


Jim Lane
Sr. Technical Consultant
Network Services
Toronto Hydro
office: (416)-542-2820
cell: (416)-896-8576

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