[rescue] Tape Backup

[Dave McGuire]

On Tuesday, September 17, 2002, at 01:45 PM, Mike Meredith wrote:
>> We bought a Benchmark DLT drive for $1400 + VAT. It's lasted about 6
>> months. (one tape a day, 5 days a week. Not IMHO very reliable. Now
>
> Perhaps you were just unlucky ... I've got one working on a work system
> with much the same duty cycle and had no problems for at least a year.

   Yeah he definitely got a lemon.  I've beaten the crap out of DLT 
drives and have had nary a burp.  Their reliability is second only to 
9-track.

        -Dave

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