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Sorry if my earlier comment offended anyone...FWIW I'm pleasantly plump
myself if that's helps :)




From: Paul Therrien <ptherrien@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Date: 06/05/2012 03:07 PM
Subject: RE: Erasing LTO Tapes
Sent by: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx



Looked up BOFH.
I was unfamiliar with the acronym.

:)

Paul Therrien
ptherrien@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [
mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of rob@xxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2012 2:40 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
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)


Rob Berendt
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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


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