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Old August 4th 20, 08:28 AM posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Yousuf Khan[_2_]
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Default "Western Digital releases new 18TB, 20TB EAMR drives"

On 7/19/2020 11:04 PM, Mark Perkins wrote:
I've had a very similar experience, on more than one occasion. The tape
recorder looks like it's doing its thing and the folks say they're doing
what they're supposed to do, like putting on a fresh tape each night at
midnight and doing the periodic routine maintenance, but when you get a
call asking you to load yesterday's tape and it's empty, your heart sinks.


Have you never used an enterprise-class tape carousels or robotic tape
arrays?

Yousuf Khan