Re: Tape drive trouble

[Neil Palmer <neilp@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

John,

Two things.  The MLR1-13GB tapes and the MLR1-26GB tapes are the same 
thing.  Imation has just relabelled their QIC  products and now use the 
compressed capacity in their product name instead of the uncompressed 
capacity.
The 6385 QIC drive can also use the 16/32GB tapes - now referred to as 
MLR1-32GB.

The problems are with the 6385 drives, not the tapes.  We've had a few 
replaced, and so have several of our customers.  We have also had 
customers who had their 6385 drive replaced, only to find the replacement 
was bad and had to be replaced again.
That's why IBM withdrew them from marketing in May 2000, and as of V5R2 
they will not even be supported (you must replace 6385's before upgrading 
to V5R2).


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"John Taylor" <john.taylor@telusplanet.net>
Sent by: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com
2001/05/14 11:10
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Some time ago, IBM discontinued the 6385 1/4" 13GB tape drive, and now the
media for this drive seems to also have disappeared. According to my
suppliers, the recommended replacement cartridges are the 26GB tapes. Is
anyone using these cartridges successfully in a 13GB drive? I've tried a
couple, and have noticed a high frequency of media errors halting the 
backup
process. The drive has been replaced, yet the failures persist, so I'm
wondering if anyone else has seen similar problems.


John Taylor
Canada



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