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From: mb@rex.cs.tulane.edu (Mark Benard)
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Subject: How many times can a 8mm tape be used?
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Date: 18 Mar 91 15:28:50 GMT
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Organization: Computer Science Dept., Tulane Univ., New Orleans, LA
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We are using over-the-counter 8mm tapes, name brands labelled for
video use, for backups on a Exabyte-based drive.  What is a reasonable
upper limit for the number of times these tapes should be used for
(1) daily incrementals which are kept only one week and (2) weekly backups
which are kept 4 to 5 weeks?

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Mark Benard
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