Date: Sat, 20 Jan 1996 22:22:24 +0100 (MET) From: Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl> To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A few NITS about SCSI Tapesu Message-ID: <199601202122.WAA01888@yedi.iaf.nl> In-Reply-To: <199601201945.UAA01232@uriah.heep.sax.de> from "J Wunsch" at Jan 20, 96 08:45:58 pm
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> As Greg Lehey wrote: > > [Exabyte 8 mm drive problems] > > > Hmm. How do you define MTBF? > > Word by word. Mean time between failures. They are more on repair > than operating. And not just a single drive. We consider them > expensive /dev/null's by now. (Or FINO memory: first in, never out.) > > Most of the problems are of mechanical nature, btw. > -- > cheers, J"org They are also known as WORN devices (Write Once, Read Never). But to be fair: the ol' 8200 I use at home works just fine. Use frequency is low however. Wilko _ __________________________________________________________________________ | / o / / _ Wilko Bulte email: wilko@yedi.iaf.nl |/|/ / / /( (_) Private FreeBSD site - Arnhem - The Netherlands --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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