jms@infmx.UUCP (John Stephens) (09/19/89)
We are in the process of phasing a couple of Plexus boxes out of circulation and now have a fairly large number of tapes which have been used for incremental backups in the past and are available for re-use. My question: is this a good idea ? I know that ATT used a count of 5000 when formatting cartridge tapes under the sysadm package. Is this a reasonable number ? It seems high. What sort of experience have people had with cleaning and re-using 9 tracks ? Do you recommend it ? Do you have a preferred vendor of cleaning services ? Thanks for any input. I will post a summary if I get an feedback. jms -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Jack Stephens ..!{uunet|pyramid}!infmx!jms --or-- ..!jack!wzlr!jms | | Systems Programmer "Into the valley of Death rode the 600... | | Informix Software which allowed them to use the carpool lane." |