I'd echo Glenn's comments about airflow / ambient temp.
I've had 3 DLTs (HP) die on me, all when in a non temp controlled rooms. Since we moved 2/3 into temp controlled environment I've had (touches wood) no problems with those.
-- Martin Hepworth Snr Systems Administrator Solid State Logic Tel: +44 (0)1865 842300
Glenn English wrote:
On Tue, 2005-01-04 at 18:48 +0100, Eugen Leitl wrote:
Is DLT a sensible choice at this day and age? Any caveats with above drives, if any? Sorry for the dumb questions, but I have only very limited experience with tape backups.
I'm not real experienced either. but I just went from DDS4 to DLT (VS160
from Quantum), and I like it a whole lot. The drive is expensive and the
tapes cost a fortune, but I had the same complaint about DDS longevity
you do, and from my research, I'm expecting DLT to be a significant
improvement.
The VS160 is also a whole lot faster. On my system, IDE disks (DMA, idebus=66) couldn't stream it -- SCSI and SATA can.
One note: If you go with DLT anything like mine, be *sure* to keep a decent airflow on it or it will get awfully hot.
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