On Tue, 8 May 2001 13:23:11 -0400, "Andrew"
wrote:

>Is there a way to find out the life of a tape or how much life it has before
>it dies?

Depending on vendor/tape type

HP has a brilliant list on their website if you look for tape media
specs, you will be able to look at how many passes a tape can endure,
there is no function in BE to look at this but it will give you a
general idea

According to conventional wisdom, DLT tapes have a shelf life of 20-30
years. Temperature and moisture control are important. If either are
changed, waiting for the tape to acclimatize is crucial. Storage on edge is
recommended. Periodic retensioning is recommended (yearly?). I don't think
there is a predictive failure diagnostic.
Andrew wrote in message news:3af82a1e@hronntp01....
> Is there a way to find out the life of a tape or how much life it has
before
> it dies?
>
>