I have a 937.  Had it for 3+ years.  Haven't had a single hardware
service call.  DAT drive cuts several tapes a day.  The Spool file tapes
get recycled every 5 days.  Haven't lost a single tape.  I hope I'm not
just lucky.
 
On Mon, 30 Jan 1995, Christopher L. Davis wrote:
 
> I crossposted this to the general hardware group, but I am specifically
> have trouble with MPE/iX machines.
>
> Hello.  Has anyone else had trouble with HP 1.3 Gigabyte disks delivered
>         with their PA-RISC systems?  I have a 937 and 947 and both have
>         had 3 different tape drives in 3 years.  I find this unacceptable.
>         Is my dis-satisfaction unwarranted?
>
>         I also believe that the drives are damaging my tapes.  I currently
>         perform a full dump every night, and each tape is used once a month.
>         Each tape has been used about 30 times.  I realize this is the low
>         end of expected life, but I really expected them to last quite a bit
>         longer.  I have some tapes stored in the same place, that are still
>         going strong, and have been used the same number of times.
>
>         So, what are your experiences?  You can email me and I'll summarize,
>         or post if the consensus is that this is of general interest.
>
> Chris
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