Just for what it's worth - an observation.
I run about 2.4 TB of data through my 3584 on a daily process, between archives, backups, and off-site copies. I've had the same 4 cleaning tapes in place since my first 3584, with LTO-1 drives, just over 5 years now - and one tape has had a count of 11 uses. All from early days, using the tape to verify drives after maintenance. The count is now at 35; I've done 24 cleaning cycles this week on 16 drives. I have an RMA number. Tom ----- Is there any particular firmware I should be running in my IBM drives to work with Imation tapes? We've been running Fuji and IBM with no issues for years, but we put a group of new Imation tapes in Friday - and I've had write errors on 4 of them so far, and a read error on one that caused the drive to go not-ready to the point it won't soft-reset. I am back-level on drive firmware (I don't usaually fix anything that's working) so I thought I'd check that before I get an RMA from the vendor for the tapes. TIA Tom Kauffman NIBCO Inc. CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email and any attachments are for the exclusive and confidential use of the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, please do not read, distribute or take action in reliance upon this message. If you have received this in error, please notify us immediately by return email and promptly delete this message and its attachments from your computer system. We do not waive attorney-client or work product privilege by the transmission of this message.
