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Wanted to pick everyone's brain.
Our Windows servers get backed up to an HP LTO4 SCSI tape drive. Last
night it failed with the software saying the tape had media errors and
don't you ever ever ever use that tape again. I put a new tape into
service and am running that backup now.
There are 10 LTO4 tapes for this backup. Each has used once every other
week for approximately 4 years now. I can replace them at $25 apiece.
Should I? Should these tapes last longer? How do I know in a Windows
environment that it's time to replace a tape? If it's time, I may as well
do all 10 at once.
Our System i tapes have been in use longer than 4 years without issue. But
I get a report every
Friday morning on the System i that will tell me tape errors. There never
are any, so I keep using the same tapes.
Thanks.
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