Re: [IUG] III Linux sites / backup -DAT

[Elizabeth Swift <eswift at bham dot lib dot al dot us>]

We did  have that happen a couple of times with each new (we have two 
servers) server we received in Aug. and Dec. of  2008.  Luckily, it only 
did it about once or twice with each server within the first month of 
installation.

John wrote:
> You have us beat.  Now I don't feel so bad.  We got a new IBM server last
> summer that runs on RedHat.  After about 3 months we began to have tape
> write problems and ended up swapping out the tape drive.  Production server
> only, training is on an identical machine with the same daily backup
> schedule and has had no issues.
>
> After about 3 months with that tape drive, same thing.  Tape write errors
> and again we swapped it after troubleshooting.  We're obviously very
> interested to see if this latest drive craps out on us in the next month or
> so when it hits another 3 month mark.
>   

--
Elizabeth E. Swift
Integrated Library Systems Administrator
Jefferson County Library Cooperative
http://www.jclc.org


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