> > You're talking about regular DAT tapes, not DDS tapes. Right?
> >
>
> Trust me, it doesn't matter. DAT/DDS will eat your data and you'll never
> see it again. Taking no backups is a better policy than using DDS-tapes
> because that way you won't have that false sense of security.
>
> My personal preferences (with regards to reliability): DLT, LTO, Exabyte,
> 9-track, no backups, /dev/null, DDS.
>
> /dev/null is a lot faster than DDS but will eventually give the same results.

i'm using DDS tapes for long - no problems.


did you cleaned your drives every 12h of usage?