SUMMARY: DLT vs. SDLT and Ultrium

Jeffrey_Hummel_at_albemarle.com
Date: 11/17/03

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To: tru64-unix-managers@ornl.gov

    Many thanks to Alan Rollow at Dr. File System's Home for Wayward Inodes,
    Bryan Mills, Russ Schaefer, Richard Mollel, Arnold Sutter, and Milton
    James.

    Transitioning from DLT to SDLT has reduced errors by a significant amount
    (25%-50%) for some.

    Arnold mentioned that we need to be sure we have the same version of
    firmware on each drive. This can be found by going to www.hp.com, clicking
    on storage on the left column, then search for "Library tape tools".
    Version 3.3 is the current version.

    There were multiple questions regarding our environment and how the tapes
    were being stored. We have been encountering dust on the tape and tape
    material on the heads of the drives that have been examined (the FE does
    not examine every drive that is replaced).

    Thanks for the advice!
    Jeff

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