Hi, 02.01.2008 21:32,, pedro moreno wrote:: ... > Them Arno, what is the meaning of this value? or does this value > have some relation with HP values?
Well, it does, more or less - it's just the number of writes you can expect to not exceed the tapes life span. The relation to the values from HP is just what I calculated - it represents the number of Bacula blocks you can write to a tape (always filling it, no compression enabled) before the tape is used too often to be reliable. Of course, in real life this doesn't work out exactly, but it comes close to what you can expect... > Thanks, for your info, i still have some doubts about went to > change my tapes. As a matter of fact, there are several common ways to deal with this problem: - Use a tape until you get write errors on it, then remove it. - Use a tape in your normal schedule and estimate how many months/years it takes in your normal schedule to be used the 260 times HP claims, then remove it - Use all tapes exactly ones, then store them and don't overwrite anymor (obviously, this is more an archival policy than a backup one :-) Arno > See u!!! > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users > -- Arno Lehmann IT-Service Lehmann www.its-lehmann.de ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
