This post is more than 5 years old
2 Posts
0
24044
What is the lifespan of a PV LTO Tape Drive
Hello,
Is there any documentation on what is how often should I change my PV Tape Drives? to be specific we are talking for a LTO 2 and a LTO 5 drives. I'm not asking about obsolescence but on how often the tape drive could fail.
DELL-Sam L
Moderator
Moderator
•
7K Posts
0
May 15th, 2014 06:00
Hello Rumana199,
The average MTBF (meantime between failure) is about 250,000 hours for an LTO2 & LTO5 drives. here is a link to some specs for your drives.
http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/products/pvaul/en/tbu_drives_spec.pdf
Please let us know if you have any other questions.
DELL-Sam L
Moderator
Moderator
•
7K Posts
0
May 15th, 2014 08:00
Hello Rumana199,
Yes about every 4-5 years is about reasonable to change your tape drives.
Please let us know if you have any other questions.
rumana199
2 Posts
0
May 15th, 2014 07:00
Thanks Sam L, 250,000 hours are the equivalent of 28 years!!. We change the units every 5 years, do you see this reasonable?