Mike Paivinen writes:

>>> Mike Paivinen <[log in to unmask]> 09/29/97 06:39pm >>>
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:      I have a customer with seven(7) DDS-2 drives.  He has had to have
all
:      the drives replaced over the past few months.  The problem he is
:      encountering is that, during backups, he is getting what would be
:      considered excessive tape cleaning requests.

: o Don't keep your DDS drives near laser printers.  [I have yet to
discover
:   what "near" is.]  HP discovered some DDS drives were contaminated
:   with toner.
: o Only fill 1 to 2 DDS tapes per device per backup per night.  These
devices
:   weren't designed as high-volume, high-end backup devices.
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HP said the same thing to us with regards to paper dust in the computer
room.  But what kind of devicse are they if they can't live in a raised floor
computer room complete with all sorts of peripherals, and if the DDS
drives were not designed as high volume devices, then what is the
purpose of the DDS autoloader that is or will soon be available?

Mike Berkowitz
Guess? Inc.