Re: 5010 tape drive question..

["Mike Shaw" <mshaw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Chuck,

No, just alot of data....over 450 Gb across 5 AS/400's...soon to be 6 and
550 gb!

Mike
-----Original Message-----
From: Chuck Lewis <CLEWIS@IQUEST.NET>
To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Date: Monday, October 19, 1998 5:34 PM
Subject: Re: 5010 tape drive question..


>WOOOOOOOO !
>
>Dude !
>
>You have a MAJOR tape library I take it ? Or are you on an 365+ day
rotation plan
>:-)
>
>Chuck
>
>Mike Shaw wrote:
>
>> We did over 400 in our first initialize phase!  :-)
>>
>> Mike Shaw
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Chuck Lewis <CLEWIS@IQUEST.NET>
>> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
>> Date: Monday, October 19, 1998 1:47 PM
>> Subject: Re: 5010 tape drive question..
>>
>> >Ya, I'm suprised to hear what the CE is saying too.
>> >
>> >We had TONS of 3590 cartridges and I would initialize 10 or so at a time
>> (normally)
>> >and I don't recall ever seeing the 3590 ask to be cleaned anymore than
it
>> normally
>> >did (?)...
>> >
>> >Chuck
>> >
>> >Don wrote:
>> >
>> >> Yo Dude!
>> >>
>> >> Yeah, this would kinda scare me in to thinking that SOMETHING is
>> scrubbing
>> >> the oxide from my mylar!  I'm not sure I buy your CE's reasoning right
>> >> now...  If this were true, we should have gotten this kind of problem
all
>> >> along throughout the years....
>> >>
>> >> Don in DC....
>> >>
>> >> On Mon, 19 Oct 1998, Mike Shaw wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > Don,
>> >> >
>> >> > I have seen this with 3590's as well....CE explained it as new
>> cartridges
>> >> > leaving a lot of residue and the end result being that cleanings are
>> more
>> >> > frequent as a result initially....Does make sense if you look at it
in
>> terms
>> >> > of initializing the cartridges plus any save/restore activity...In
our
>> case,
>> >> > it did get back to a more normal cleaning cycle once we got through
the
>> >> > initialization process.
>> >> >
>> >> > If you are still uncomfortable, check the error log and the volume
>> stats via
>> >> > SST...If there are no perm or temp errors being logged, attribute it
to
>> the
>> >> > new cartridges and just keep an eye on it.  It should decrease.
>> >> >
>> >> > HTH,
>> >> >
>> >> > Mike Shaw
>> >> > -----Original Message-----
>> >> > From: Don <dr2@access.digex.net>
>> >> > To: midrange-l@midrange.com <midrange-l@midrange.com>
>> >> > Date: Monday, October 19, 1998 10:41 AM
>> >> > Subject: 5010 tape drive question..
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > >
>> >> > >
>> >> > >Greetings,
>> >> > >
>> >> > >we've got a client with a 5010 tape drive and I'm getting ALOT of
the
>> >> > >"clean the tape drive" light coming on.  This is a new drive and
new
>> >> > >tapes.  Is there a known problem here or am I the only one having
this
>> >> > >scenerio??
>> >> > >
>> >> > >Don in DC
>> >> > >


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