Thanks for all the input regarding this tape. Imation is the only
manufacture. I have decided not to use the K tape because, they seem too
fragile and the quality is not consistent. I need the extended capacity,
but I also need to know that I have a high probability of a successful
restore.
Regards,
--Debbie
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From: George Lesho [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2001 11:40 AM
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Subject: Re: 3590E
A CE friend of mine and I discussed this issue and he contends that the
tapes
come from the manufacturing process dirty and actually become cleaner with
use.
This leads me to believe that if you were to keep using the tapes that
initially
had drive errors and upgraded their status from reado to readw you might not
have problems... Just a thought...
George Lesho
Storage/System Admin
AFC Enterprises
Tom Bebee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 02/14/2001 04:38:18 PM
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Subject: Re: 3590E
Debbie,
We have a couple of instances where we have bought tapes for our 3590E
drives
and shortly after inserting them in the library we have encountered what
looks
like drive errors. The CE came out both times and replaced some components.
The first time I was convinced that it truly was a drive problem. However
the
second time, the CE just about replaced the entire drive and we still had
problems. It was then I noticed that several tapes from two different
batches
had been flagged READONLY. I moved the data off the tapes successfully and
have
not had any further problems. I am thinking that the quality of the tapes
was
not real consistent. Since the tapes in both instances were new, I now
assume
they were faulty from the start.
Tom Bebee
Welch Allyn
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Subject: 3590E
We recently started using 3590E tapes. Several of them are damaged. We
talked to IBM support, and it sounds like other customers have had similar
problems. I am wondering if any of you have experienced 3590E damaged in
shipment? Have you had other problems with the 3590E?
