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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.

I copied the following from an ealier post regarding DDS reliability.

Mike Paivinen ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
: Neil Harvey ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
: : Now, if only the DDS3 drives turn out to be more reliable than the DDS2
: : drives...........................

: Two things to keep in mind.  [Both of these conclusions were reached by
: a team looking into DDS2 reliability issues.]

: 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.

Mike P.
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