We currently have 1868 DLT 7000 tapes in the system.  I have a couple
that are over 1,800 mounts (2,278 & 1,897).  The average for all of the
rest is 368 per tape.  In the past three years we have had 3 tapes that
'flaked' on us.  Having said that - I believe that 250 to 300 is a good
rule of thumb.

Thank you,
 
 
Samuel J. Coco, STG
Functional Area Manager, ARL
Sr UNIX Administrator
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-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of Gary
Andresen
Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 6:20 PM
To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: [Veritas-bu] DLT tape mounts


Anybody have a good idea how many times a DLT7000 - DLT8000 tape can be
mounted before it starts getting flaky? I remember reading somewhere
that 250 mounts (per NBU) was a good place to start planning on
replacing the tape.

Thanks
G


Gary Andresen 
Impossible Happens, Plan Ahead 
Pacific Northwest Data Inc. 
Tel: 503.701.5185 
Fax: 503.692.3910 
gary.andresen AT pnwdata DOT com 
www.pnwdata.com 


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