Guess I'm from old school. Older 9trk drives when left on, continually have the vacuum on, and under constant tension. Its not healthy for the tape. Does that happen with a DLT tape, how about the DDS tapes. I would NOT like a "live" tape to be left in the drive for long periods of time. Who knows when a power failure will hit, who knows when the drive will go awol. An unloaded tape, immediately after backup, is safe from other folks, as well as the server, writing onto it.
Gene Heskett wrote: > I'd druther it didn't. By leaving the tape online, the display
