Re: 3590 tape

[John McKee <jmmckee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks guys.  I was asked if there was a compelling reason to pick
from IBM or Imation for replacement of old tapes.  I had thought I had
read on here at some point that a difference was encountered - might
have been with LT series tapes - if I didn't imagine it.

Thanks, again

John McKee

On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 1:46 PM, Jim Oberholtzer <midrangel@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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
> > To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> > Subject: 3590 tape
> >
> > Is there a preference between using IBM or Imation 3590 tapes?
> >
> > John McKee
> >
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