Exabyte tape life

Rich Winkel UMC Math Department MATHRICH at umcvmb.missouri.edu
Sat Mar 3 03:29:45 AEST 1990


How long should I expect a dump tape to last?  I've been using sony 120
metal tapes, alternating each pair of tapes on a weekly basis until they
wear out, with one dump per day.  It takes about 2 months before I get
a write error.  Is this normal?

Rich



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