On Thu, 23 Jun 2005, Michael Loftis wrote:

LTO, DLT, S-LTO, etc all have the huge advantage of the same physical
form  factor.  So 'upgrading' a DLT library to LTO, or S-LTO is just
adding/upgrading the tape drives in it.  DLT (sometimes called
Compactape IV)  has a long history and is a good reliable medium, with a
lot of vendors  selling drives and

Yeah that's what you'd think.  I used to run an Overland loader with
DLT4000.  The thing was rock-solid, so when the time came I tried to
swap out the drive for a DLT7000.  Nope, Overland wouldn't hear of it.
They insisted I had to start all over with a new loader.  (Yeah, much
more $$, too.)  Turned out at least part of the problem was that the
SCSI version of the 4000 loader wasn't fast enough for the 7000 drive.

-Mitch

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