Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ginosko!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!cs.utexas.edu!rutgers!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!rice!sun-spots-request From: chuck@trantor.harris-atd.com (Chuck Musciano) Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun Subject: Re: Exabyte tape oxidation problem ?? Keywords: Hardware Message-ID: <1745@brazos.Rice.edu> Date: 26 Sep 89 11:20:08 GMT Sender: root@rice.edu Organization: Sun-Spots Lines: 12 Approved: Sun-Spots@rice.edu X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 8, Issue 140, message 3 of 13 We keep a single tape in our Exabyte for a month at a time, dumping 15 machines to it each night. I have never seen a tape failure occur, and we've been doing this for over a year now. The only problems I have seen are rsh hanging after a particularly large dump. Chuck Musciano ARPA : chuck@trantor.harris-atd.com Harris Corporation Usenet: ...!uunet!x102a!trantor!chuck PO Box 37, MS 3A/1912 AT&T : (407) 727-6131 Melbourne, FL 32902 FAX : (407) 727-{5118,5227,4004} Gee, Beaver, everything that's fun can get you in trouble. Haven't you learned that yet? --Gilbert