Subject: Re: SCSI tape drives and changers
To: Grant Beattie <grant@grunta.com>
From: Rick Kelly <rmk@toad.rmkhome.com>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 10/09/2001 18:51:21
Grant Beattie said:

>We've had two DLT 7k drives replaced 10+ times, and they are cleaned
>twice daily. Not a single hiccup with the EXB stuff.

DLT drives should only be cleaned when the cleaning light comes on. The
DLT cleaning tapes are abrasive and overuse will screw the drives.

The mammoth drives are good, and the two Exabyte 8505 drives on the
rmkhome.com network just keep on ticking.

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Rick Kelly  rmk@rmkhome.com  www.rmkhome.com