Re: 3590 tape

[Jim Oberholtzer <midrangel@xxxxxxxxxx>]

John,

Like Paul, most of my customers buy what they can  get at a reasonable 
price.  I just bought Maxell (LTO3) from CDW because they were cheaper 
per tape.  I don't think there is much difference.  Having checked media 
statistics for several customers using all different brands of LTO tape 
I have not seen a pattern of errors for any one tape brand.  There is a 
direct correlation between the age of the tape and errors ( errors tend 
to start about about 200 uses and increase fast by the way) but none by 
brand.

Jim Oberholtzer
Chief Technical Architect
Agile Technology Architects


On 1/30/2012 1:39 PM, Musselman, Paul wrote:
> John--
>
> We don't use 3590 tapes, but do use LTO4.  The brands we have in the computer room at the moment are:
> IBM
> TDK
> Tandberg
> Sony
> Quantum
> Except for the silk-screened brand-name on the outside they could be quintuplets!
>
> We have some iMation 9840 tapes floating around.  I think the only reason we don't have iMation LTO4 tapes is because our supplier gets a better price on the other brands.
>
> Few, if any, of the tapes (of any major brand) have given us issues.
>
> The label on the iMation tapes says "BlackWatch."  That was a brand the 3M company used... from their web site: "The business that became Imation was born of 3M innovation at the dawn of the computer age in the 1950s."
>
> Paul E Musselman
> PaulMmn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx  [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John McKee
> Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 11:44 AM
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> Subject: 3590 tape
>
> Is there a preference between using IBM or Imation 3590 tapes?
>
> John McKee
>
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