> Hmmm....The StorageTek rep is telling us that if the tape has an LTO2
> label (L2 postfix) that the LTO3 drives in the library will read/write
> to the tape in LTO2 format, such that an LTO2 drive will continue to be
> able to read/write to that tape.
>
> Interesting? 

Isn't that expected even without such labels?  I thought you needed LTO3
media to get the full performance of LTO3 drives and the higher
densities.

If you just stick LTO2 media into a LTO3 drive, it will only use the
LTO2 formats on it (and will therefore remain compatible with LTO2
drives).

I haven't tried it, but that was my understanding...

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