9 Dec
2003
9 Dec
'03
8:02 p.m.
--On Tuesday, December 09, 2003 17:30:30 +0100 Nico de Jong
<nico(a)farumdata.dk> wrote:
On the longer term, tapes must be rewritten every 2nd
or 3rd year, in
order to avoid crosstalk between the layers.
Now let's see who disagrees with me ....
Not disagreeing with most of it, though I was taught only that it was
necessary to wind and rewind tapes every few years to avoid the
crosstalk -- the layers end up with slightly different parts next to
each other, so it wasn't necessary to rewrite them. I've never
rewritten tapes, and I have distribution tapes that haven't been
rewritten in 20 years, but read fine. YMMV.
--
Pete Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York, UK