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Re:Tape still beats SSDs and hard drives when it comes to pr... by segfaultbuserr on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @07:02AM (#21069519)
> Tape drives are consumable. LTO tape is abrasive, this cleans the heads but also wears them down.

Is it possible to replace the RW head on a tape drive? I guess the manufacturers generally don't want this to be easily replaceable, so they can sell more drives...

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Re:Tape still beats SSDs and hard drives when it comes to pr... by smueller1234 on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @08:38AM (#21070157)
Almost universally the business model for significant deployments would be that you have maintenance contracts anyway. That's kind of how the tape business works, certainly if you have libraries as well. In that case you get those drives RMA'd.
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Re:Tape still beats SSDs and hard drives when it comes to pr... by op00to on Saturday September 28, 2019 @10:26AM (#21100446)
We had a service contract. The drive basically contacted IBM and I had a new drive on my desk in 4 hours. I made enough friends at IBM that they left a stock of spares.
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