Richman, Saul pisze:
Hello,
Anyone with experience of re-using "old" tapes?
Can we reuse physical 3590 Cartridges (High-Performance Model-B11) that have
been stored for ca. 6 Years in Computer Room condition?
Our (non-IBM) Engineer claims:
"Old tapes that have been left in storage can damage the Drive heads in our VTS"
True or False?
The tapes come from a VTS B18 Machine that was decommissioned due to ahem, the
collapse of Swissair…
They had been used for only ca. 2 years.
We have re-inserted ca. 30 cartriges, and had a handful of ejects so far.
Whilst I'm here, our 2 current VTS B18 models are now approaching their 10th
Birthday!!
I'll be buying them a new Wii console and some chocolate and ice-cream .-))
Seriously, can any shop beat 10 years of continual VTS B18 Operations?
Not a competition, just out of interest.
1. It has nothing to do with VTS, except the fact VTS uses real drives
in real 3494 library. So the problem regards 3590 drives in the library.
2. See IBM statements about tape life periods. AFAIK your tapes did not
exceeded any of them.
3. Risk of drive damage is FUD. Don't believe it. At worst your tapes
will claim nonrecorverable errors. Of course the assumption that the
tapes were stored in good conditions is crucial here.
My $0.02
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