> Thanks, Darren. Those are some good ideas. I think cloning the clone
> will be what I'll go with. Either way, the data is being validated since
> the original has to be read to be cloned anyway. BTW our SDLT and LTO
> drives are not in the same libraries, but both libraries are managed by
> storage node server. Just thought reading and writing would be faster in
> done in same library?

I don't see why.  Generally the drives within the library are directly
wired into the host for communication.  The library isn't involved in
the data path, so the physical location shouldn't have much to do with
the speed.

Is this true for your libraries?
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