Article View: comp.periphs
Article #2677Exabyte 8mm Tape life
From: Adam W. Feigin
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 1989 14:20
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 1989 14:20
25 lines
1196 bytes
1196 bytes
We've got a couple of Exabyte tape drives hooked to our Suns, and one
of our researchers is currently using some tapes for semi-long-term
data archiving. He's heard rumors that the life of the 8mm tapes is
about 3 months (sounds pretty fishy to me), and he's starting to worry
about the integrity of the data he's stored on the tapes.
Does anyone have any idea what the 'shelf-life' of the Sony 8mm Media
is ? How long will the data be 'readable' by the drive after the tape
is written ???
Any data/help is much appreciated.
AWF
--
Internet: adam@ncifcrf.gov Adam W. Feigin
UUCP: {backbonz}!ncifcrf!adam Senior Systems Manager
Mail: P.O. Box B, Bldg 430 National Cancer Institute-Supercomputer Center
Frederick, MD 21701 Frederick Cancer Research Facility
Technical Details
Message-ID:
<1436@fcs280s.ncifcrf.gov>Path:
arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!purdue!haven!ncifcrf!adamShow Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!purdue!haven!ncifcrf!adam From: adam@ncifcrf.gov (Adam W. Feigin) Newsgroups: comp.periphs Subject: Exabyte 8mm Tape life Message-ID: <1436@fcs280s.ncifcrf.gov> Date: 15 Dec 89 14:20:30 GMT Reply-To: adam@ncifcrf.gov Organization: National Cancer Institute, Frederick Lines: 24