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Re: LTO1 tapes in LTO3 drives

2006-03-09 09:14:46
Subject: Re: LTO1 tapes in LTO3 drives
From: "Smith, I (Ian)" <Ian.Smith AT RABOBANK DOT COM>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2006 14:13:21 -0000
 
Q dr f=d

This will tell you read and write format of each drive in TSM.

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-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Richard Sims
Sent: 09 March 2006 14:10
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] LTO1 tapes in LTO3 drives

On Mar 9, 2006, at 9:00 AM, Nicholas Cassimatis wrote:

> I believe the LTO standard has the ability to write one generation 
> back, and read two generations back.  So your LTO3 drives can read the

> LTO1 tapes, but can't write to them.

Nicholas - Exactly right.  Ref: Q12 at http://www.lto.org/newsite/
html/about_faqs.html

   Richard Sims   http://people.bu.edu/rbs
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