IBM 40/80 GB DLT manual Sold, Necessary, Suspect media, Tape, you

Tape

drive

failures

are

often

caused

by

contamination

in

the tape

path

or

by

using

poor

quality

media.

IBM

has

very

high

quality

standards

for

its storage

tape

and

prices

it

accordingly.

To

be

able

to

support

tape

products,

IBM

needs

to

constantly

test

and

evaluate.

However,

IBM

does

not

test

and

evaluate

non-IBM

products

on

an

ongoing

basis.

IBM

cannot

support

any

product

it

does

not

test.

IBM

can

only

support

tapes

sold

by

IBM.

If

IBM

service

personnel

analysis

indicates

a

problem

with

non-IBM media, including cleaning

cartridges,

it

might

be

necessary

for

the

customer

to

replace

the

suspect media

or

cleaning

cartridge

with

the

supported

media

or

cleaning

cartridge.

When

you

need

to

restore

data

from

tape, you

need

to

know

that

you

can

count

on

it

being

readable.

Any

savings

incurred

by

using

low

cost

tape

is

of

no

value

when

you

cannot

access

the

data

reliably.

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