RE: Erasing LTO Tapes

[Paul Therrien <ptherrien@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Looked up BOFH.
 I was unfamiliar with the acronym.

:)

Paul Therrien
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From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of rob@xxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2012 2:40 PM
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Subject: Re: Erasing LTO Tapes

Just to clarify, it cannot be reinitialized.  INZTAP will not work on it. 
Resale value is nil.  Which, since it takes me over 2 hours to do a
clear(*yes) and I'm getting $5/tape on the used market, may make since for you.  We do it for green reasons and some change and our BOFH has some time on her hands.  (and to save buying the magnet)


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From:   DrFranken <midrange@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To:     Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, 
Date:   06/05/2012 01:53 PM
Subject:        Re: Erasing LTO Tapes
Sent by:        midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx



Correct. The servo tracks (between the data tracks and used to keep the 
heads aligned with the data) will also be erased and thus the tape is 
toast for good.

     - Larry "DrFranken" Bolhuis.

On 6/5/2012 1:14 PM, Kirk Goins wrote:
> I assume that if someone uses a bulk eraser on a LTO cart. that is 
becomes
> unusable. Correct?
>
> Thanks