On Thu, 17 Apr 2003 05:38:25 -0400, Gaddy <xy.0815 AT GMX DOT NET> wrote:

>On Tue, 15 Apr 2003 09:14:29 +1000, Peter D. Gray <pdg AT UOW.EDU DOT AU> 
>wrote:
>
>>
>>Can someone please answer the following:
>>
>>a) My understanding is that LTO II will write to LTO I
>>        media in a different format which will give
>>        me 140GB on the same media. Confirm?
>>
>Excerpt from IBM LTO-2 data sheet:
>IBM Ultrium 2 Tape Drives can read and write first generation LTO Ultrium
>Data Cartridges at original capacities and with improved performance.
>

And here are the real specs:
LTO1 drive + LTO1 cartridge -> 100GB 15MB/sec
LTO2 drive + LTO1 cartridge -> 100GB 20MB/sec
LTO2 drive + LTO2 cartridge -> 200GB 35MB/sec

Pls note:
- IBM LTO only (not HP, Seagate, Exabyte, ...)
- native (no compression)

-sg-

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