DAT Tape drive reliability

[linuxguy at ici.net (Christoph)]

Glenn Burkhardt wrote:
> I have to admit that I was somewhat alarmed by reports of corrupted DAT tapes
> in recent mail to the list.  It still seems to be an open issue to me, since
> I personally haven't had any bad experience.
> 

Does anyone use the big D2 cartridges?  At a facility I contracted at a
few years back, they had a tape silo that shuttled D2 tapes.  I'd love to impress everyone with facts and figures but I don't remember any.  Aren't
D2 tapes the same as what television studios use for regular TV programming?

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