karl@quercus.gsfc.nasa.gov (Karl Anderson) (04/17/91)
We've used the cleaning tapes provided by Exabyte to clean our 8mm drives about once a month. Does anyone know if Exabyte cleaning tapes must be used, or is there another source for cleaning tapes? TIA. -- Karl A. Anderson | Internet: karl@forest.gsfc.nasa.gov NASA/GSFC code 923 (STX) | voice: (301) 286-3815 Greenbelt, MD 20771 | #include "std_disclaimer"
sblair@upurbmw.dell.com (Steve Blair) (04/18/91)
You can use the SONY ones, I've discovered, and they do as good a job as the EXABYTE ones do. The SONY has a nice set of squares on the outside to remind you how many times you've used it....;> -- Steve Blair DELL UNIX DIVISION sblair@upurbmw.dell.com ================================================================
pwh@bradley.bradley.edu (Pete Hartman) (04/19/91)
Are there any providers of Data cleaning tapes that aren't
extremely expensive for a tape that does only three cleanings?
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thirty-eleven hundred pounds of chains!logier@cheops.qld.tne.oz.au (Rob Logie) (04/20/91)
karl@quercus.gsfc.nasa.gov (Karl Anderson) writes: >We've used the cleaning tapes provided by Exabyte to clean our >8mm drives about once a month. Does anyone know if Exabyte >cleaning tapes must be used, or is there another source for >cleaning tapes? TIA. >-- >Karl A. Anderson | Internet: karl@forest.gsfc.nasa.gov >NASA/GSFC code 923 (STX) | voice: (301) 286-3815 >Greenbelt, MD 20771 | #include "std_disclaimer" I have been usings a EXAbyte on a sun workstation for two years now, Everynight a backup is done which uses most of a tape. The tapes are then read back to check readability. The tape drive has been cleaned once in two years, (When I bought it cleaning tapes were not invented). I also use normal old Sony 8mm tapes (None of this "Special" data cartridge that costs three times as much crap) I have never had a problem with the drives of tapes (The tapes are reused after a four week cycle) . This exabyte is one of the most relabile tape drives I have on the network, I agree that exabytes need to be cleaned, but I don't think it needs to be done very often . -- Rob Logie EMAIL: logier@cheops.qld.tne.oz.au Telecom Australia FAX: +61 7 837 4704 TNE Computer Support Services PH: +61 7 837 5174 Brisbane Office "These are my opinions alone"