Re: Amanda broke my tape drive!

[Bernhard R. Erdmann]

Mitch Collinsworth wrote:
[...]
> From my experience with HP DDS-2 drives I'd suggest you keep a service
> contract in effect.  Mine failed regularly about once per year.  And
> that was without Amanda.

It was exactly one year - bought on Dec, 3rd and failed on Dec, 3rd...
The drives's duty was amdump and amverify every night with 2-4 GB.