Good memory on the 3480 media. Many, many years ago, BASF had a problem with 3480 Tape Media cartridges. The company that I worked for at that time received a large batch of "bad" tapes in a shipment, causing us quite a few headaches. This was back around 1997/1998. Since then, I've used cartridge media of all densities and vendors, without experiencing any significant problems.
Mike Spencer -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Scott T. Harder Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 7:08 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: Mainframe Executive article on the death of tape I have to chime in to the contrary. I seem to remember many data check errors on 3480 cart media. Am I the only one? Scott T. Harder Mainframe Services, Inc. Naples, FL > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On > Behalf Of Fletcher, Kevin > Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 6:54 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Subject: Re: Mainframe Executive article on the death of tape > > <snip> > I haven't seen a bona-fide tape I/O error since my shop installed 3480 > drives, lo these many years ago. What's this guy smoking? Whatever it > is, I'm sure it's illegal! :-) > > Rick > > </snip> > > I have to agree with the list, the last error on a tape (MF) was a > duplex tape where the physical tape was dropped and the case cracked. No > big deal since it was a duplex tape. On the other hand, tapes on the > open systems side do have some failures. The failures are not even close > to what the article specified though. If he is smoking something, he > should at least share with the list :-). > > > Thanks, > > Kevin Fletcher (317) 817-3545 > Transition Coordinator > z/OS, DB2, AS400 support > Conseco, LLC > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
