Arno Lehmann: > >>If we're talking about a DDS drive then once a week is rather not a > >>sign of crappy hardware. When I was using DDS kind of hardware for my > >>backups I had to run the cleaning tape after about 5 completely > >>written tapes. > > > > Thanks for your tips. I will use that more often (and hopefully get > > some better hardware soon :-)) > > Only as an additional information: > I use a rather old DDS drive (actually, two of them). I only had to > clean the drive after it couldn't read a tape that was written on > another DDS drive (which is one of the main faults of DDS as backup > media, by the way).
Hmm, if the drive doesn't do read after write it's only chance to notice a dirty head is during reading. > Only then the drive decided it needed cleaning. I do > use a cleaning cartridge once a month, which means less often than after > 5 full tapes but is still more often than the drives think is necessary. Good idea. > My interpretation is that you simply can't rely on the drive's opinion > about the necessity of cleaning. I think, it's the usual game - some manufacturers use conservative values, others are more (erm) progressive. Especially if it comes to backup I prefer the former. > DDS is crap. (And still I use it... funny, isn't it?) DDS is rather cheap, especially if you take media costs into account. And it's completely sufficient for most scenarios. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: NEC IT Guy Games. How far can you shotput a projector? How fast can you ride your desk chair down the office luge track? If you want to score the big prize, get to know the little guy. Play to win an NEC 61" plasma display: http://www.necitguy.com/?r=20 _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
