From owner-freebsd-current Sun Jul 13 23:20:24 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id XAA02704 for current-outgoing; Sun, 13 Jul 1997 23:20:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mx.serv.net (mx.serv.net [205.153.153.234]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id XAA02699 for ; Sun, 13 Jul 1997 23:20:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from MindBender.serv.net (root@mindbender.serv.net [205.153.153.98]) by mx.serv.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id XAA05571 for ; Sun, 13 Jul 1997 23:20:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost.HeadCandy.com (michaelv@localhost.HeadCandy.com [127.0.0.1]) by MindBender.serv.net (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id XAA22533 for ; Sun, 13 Jul 1997 23:15:54 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199707140615.XAA22533@MindBender.serv.net> X-Authentication-Warning: MindBender.serv.net: Host michaelv@localhost.HeadCandy.com [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: current@freebsd.org Subject: How many backups per DAT? Date: Sun, 13 Jul 1997 23:15:49 -0700 From: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" Sender: owner-current@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk This isn't strictly related to FreeBSD, so please reply to me, and not to the list. I'll summarize if people are interested. I purchased a DAT drive a couple months ago, and am getting to the fourth or firth backup on some of my tapes. There is a light on the drive that comes on when it thinks the tapes are marginal, or the drive needs to be cleaned. I've been cleaning the drive once a month, as they recommend (doing weekly full backups), so I don't think that's the reason the light is comming on. So, the alternative is that a DAT is only good for four or five recordings before it starts degrading. Does this jive with others' experiences? I seem to remember a discussion on this long ago, where someone else claimed that DATs only last for a limited time. Does this sound correct? It doesn't bother me if that's what I need to expect. I'd just like to know for sure. Thanks for any feedback you send my way... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael L. VanLoon michaelv@MindBender.serv.net --< Free your mind and your machine -- NetBSD free un*x >-- NetBSD working ports: 386+PC, Mac 68k, Amiga, Atari 68k, HP300, Sun3, Sun4/4c/4m, DEC MIPS, DEC Alpha, PC532, VAX, MVME68k, arm32... NetBSD ports in progress: PICA, others... -----------------------------------------------------------------------------