MCPF and LTO

[Alan McDonald]

What does MCPF stand for and what does it measure in relation to LTO tape drives?

Please help!!

[Vincent Farrugia]

Hello,

Where did you find this written?

Vince

[Alan McDonald]

Sorry - the customer didn't have it correct - it's either MCBF or MTBF - Mean cycle between failure or mean time between failure.

[Vincent Farrugia]

Hello,

Ok, I've heared of that one :-)

MTBF is the statistical mean time a component is expected to work without failing. The higher it is, the more reliable is the component.

Mathematically, it is according to this site below:

http://www.enterasys.com/support/mtbf/

This is a generic term, which is used in almost all appliances we use (not just Ultrium tape drives).

HTH,
Vince

[Alan McDonald]

Thanks for the help Vice. Much appreciated.