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mixing LTO1 and LTO2 tapes in a 3584 with only LTO2 drives!

2004-04-01 13:13:12
Subject: mixing LTO1 and LTO2 tapes in a 3584 with only LTO2 drives!
From: Bill Boyer <bill.boyer AT VERIZON DOT NET>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2004 13:11:58 -0500
I have a client with a 3584 library filled with LTO1 tapes and 4-LTO1 HVD
drives. They want to swap all drives out for fibre attached LTO2 drives.
Reading on www.lto.org, I see that LTO2 is supposed to be able to read AND
write to LTO1 media in LTO1 format. If this is really the case, then the
installation of the new drives and conversion to a totally LTO2 tape could
be minimal. Anyone mixing tapes in an all LTO2 library?

Bill Boyer
"Experience is a comb that nature gives us after we go bald." - ??

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