Re: LTO HP: How to now how much has been used...

"Masterx81" <enrico@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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I've discovered that this is a dell unit, and i've downloaded the
software (that is the same as the hp, but older) and this are the
result:
Power on hours: 196147
Tape pulling: 99hr
Meters pulled: 680232m
number of lod/unload: 217
head clean operation: 0
MR head A resistances: 73 72 70 69 70 68 69 69 ohm
MR head B resistances: 62 63 65 65 66 68 71 72 ohm

How this values are???
I've made a good deal or it's at it's end of life?
I've tryied it, and don't do more than 1 mb/s of wrting speed... not
seem that good...


If it really is an hour counter then the unit would have been switched on
for 22 years, which is impossible. That would make all other values
unreliable as well.

I suspect the power-on hours counter is actually minutes, which would mean
it's only been used for two months or so. The 99 hours of tape pulling and
load/unload count of 217 would be normal usage during such timeframe. Looks
to me like you got a good deal. But you do want to run a cleaning tape
through the unit, no-one has done that sofar ;-)

Rob


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