Doug Hill wrote:
>
> Is anyone having problems writing large files to DDS-2 tape drives?
> We get this error 2-3 times a week while storing our databases,
> "Store encountered media write error on LDEV 8 (S/R 1454)
> Specifically, Store recieved error -40 from the I/O system (S/R
> 1557)."
>
> Our hardware vendor keeps saying it is the drive that has gone bad.
> We have swapped out the drives in this spot at least 4-5 times in a
> 7 month period.  I don't believe it is the drive.

I would have your hardware support check if the drive's firmware is
up-to-date, I remember something similar with storing large numbers
of particularily small files on DDS2s, and think I remember that one
of my HW colleagues told me about a HW service note that applies to
a specific DDS2 drives FW version.

Goetz.