These were IBM drives in a QualStar XLS connected to systems running FileTek StorEdge. I don't remember if these were Fuji or Sony tapes, but I think Fuji, bran

These were IBM drives in a QualStar XLS connected to systems running FileTek StorEdge. I don't remember if these were Fuji or Sony tapes, but I think Fuji, branded Fuji. We did have shoeshining issues in testing, but increasing the amount of caching fixed that. Never heard of any throughput issues in production, but .. .edu so you know how well we monitored. That was a software issue anyway. I think it was LTO5 era, but I don't rightly remember. The IBM dude who handled all the hardware support would take a look at everything, nod, and replace the drive. I took him out for beer once and that's when he told me about the issues with the tapes. I left for greener pastures before that was solved, but it was going on for a good year. Maybe he liked the food trucks outside the building, or maybe it was cheaper for them to replace the drives than actually help us fix the problem. Anyway, thanks for the insight! Glad I don't work on hardware anymore.