C1533As, circa 1994. I have two of them and they are still working. They
were in use at an *ISP* as primary backup devices for more than two years
(read: had the shit beaten out of them nightly) until we outgrew them and
went to Exabyte 8705s (which SUCKED reliability-wise, although they're better
than the 8500s!). The final step was to go to two DLT IIIXTs (after that
I have no idea; I don't run the place anymore)
Their predecessors, two 35480As, were replaced ONLY for capacity reasons.
As far as I know *those* are still working (I know where one of them is and
its not broken)
I've never had trouble with HP DAT drives. None whatsoever.
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On Sat, Dec 18, 1999 at 12:08:32PM +1030, Greg Lehey wrote:
> On Monday, 13 December 1999 at 12:55:20 -0600, Karl Denninger wrote:
> >
> > BTW, I have older HP DAT drives (4 & 8gb models) that have several YEARS
> > of active use on them, and other than using a cleaning tape when the front
> > panel "clean me" light flashes I've NEVER had ANY problem with them.
>
> This is in stark contrast with my experience. Which models? The
> 35480A DDS-1 drives I had had a life of about 8 months with daily
> backups.
>
> Greg
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