Do you rewind you LTOs after some time to keep them in shape?

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[mailto:veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] För Ed Wilts
Skickat: den 5 oktober 2005 18:01
Till: Mark.Donaldson AT cexp DOT com
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Ämne: Re: [Veritas-bu] Archive media...

On Wed, Oct 05, 2005 at 09:25:38AM -0600, Mark.Donaldson AT cexp DOT com wrote:
> We're just archiving to LTO, same as the daily stuff.  The spec says
20-year
> lifetime with proper storage and that's more than adequate.  
>  
> Like we'll even be able to read that format tape in 10 years.  (Anybody
got
> any 9-track reel-to-reel still around?)

Just disposed of a 9-track drive a few months ago.  One of our remote
offices still has a drive I think.

I'm sure the oil companies are still reading 800bpi tapes.  These
contain data that the petrophysicists use and are frequently old.  The
drives were typically in the back of a truck out in the field - hence
the 800bpi requirement. 

It's been a few years since I've seen a paper tape reader though :-)

        .../Ed

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