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Has anybody an idea of a critical age for DLT tapes or a critical number of write operations, after which tape errors become a problem? We have about 50 tapes of HP, Sony and Fuji which are 2 to 4 years old and have been overwritten between 50 and 20...

I obtained a warning saying that due to some problems the capacity of a tape has been reduced but no data are lost. Is this a permanet capacity reduction at all? Does it has to do with defect parts of tape wich are marked to be no longer used in the ...

I obtained a warning saying that due to some problems the capacity of a tape has been reduced but no data are lost. Due to some subsequently tape capacity overflow it seemed to be >10GB for our DTL IV 40/80GB tape. Is there any possibility to get pre...

Hi,we work with a drive FastStor 7000 and tapes of the type HP DLT IV. Now we have purchased 10 second hand tapes (used only once perhaps with a different soft and hardware) but we are not able to use them. Trying to write a new ID or to erease (slow...