On Sat, 1 Nov 2003 02:31 pm, Rick Duvall wrote:
> I have some backup tapes that I have been using each once per week for
> about 8 months. I am getting errors when running amverify on a couple of
> them. To be sure that my tapes are still good and not just the system
> giving me fits, it would be
40 a piece, whereas the DDS4's are $13
a piece and hold twice as much data.
Sincerely,
Rick Duvall
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From: "Technical Director" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Rick Duvall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Friday, October
Rick,
I'm not to sure of a best method for checking the tapes, I might tar'ing a
massive file to the tape and then back to see if it is working.
Unfortunately during the use of your backup schema the tapes have to
degrade. If it's a DLT400 tape or even a DDS# series I can see the need to
hang o
