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Re: [Networker] Using LTO3 in LTO4 drives?
2010-04-30 01:30:30
I had an LTO-2 library with some 400 LTO-2 cartridges. When I
replaced the library with an LTO-3 library (Overland NEO8000 with four
HP LTO-3 drives), I simply moved all 400 cartridges to the new library
and it just worked. Then, within a few years I replaced the LTO-2 media
with LTO-3 media and all worked with no apparent problem. Recently, when
the drives were upgraded to LTO-4, it just worked (I only had to remove
the last LTO-2 cartridges that were still in). Now I have LTO-4 drives
and most of the cartridges are still LTO-3. Naturally, I will start
replacing the media with LTO-4 as the need arises.
George Sinclair wrote:
Is it a problem to recycle older LTO-3 media in LTO-4 drives and label
these into the same tape pool? This is in an all LTO-4 drive tape library.
I've had no issues reading from LTO3 tapes in the LTO4 drives, and they
are supposed to be backward write compatible (haven't tried that yet),
but will NW span mixed tapes properly, assuming all drives are LTO4?
George
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