RE: The dreaded 3570 tape drive rears its ugly head once again

It's the "automagically" part that I'd like to find out about.  We did a
manual cleaning today so we'll see how it goes for awhile and might look at
doing it on a periodic basis so maybe the "magic" won't be needed.  Thanks.

Dave Parnin
Nishikawa Standard Company
Topeka, IN  46571
daparnin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx




                                                                                
                                 
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> For starters, can anyone provide a link to me to a manual for
> a 3570 tape drive?  We've got the tape drive but I can't find
> a manual for it.  From what I've read in the archives people
> don't seem to be shouting praises about it from the rooftops
> and I'm starting to grumble myself.  Our 3570 seems to be
> experiencing a fair number of media errors lately and I want
> to know if needs service or if it's a maintenance issue on
> our part.

I _had_ a 3570 (split config, defined as 2 drives) up until a few weeks
ago.
Unfortunately I sent the manuals back to the BP along with the drive.

Once in a great while we would start getting media errors.  Even though
there is a cleaning cartridge inside that is supposed to automagically know
when to clean, when those media errors occurred, I did a cleaning through
the front panel.  That always helped.

YMMV.

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Jeff Crosby
Dilgard Frozen Foods, Inc.
P.O. Box 13369
Ft. Wayne, IN 46868-3369
260-422-7531

The opinions expressed are my own and not necessarily the opinion of my
company.  Unless I say so.



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