Re: [Veritas-bu] LTO3 and LTO2 compatibility
2007-11-01 17:51:27
On Thu, Nov 01, 2007 at 04:11:57PM -0500, Major, Rusty wrote:
> I need to send some tapes to a site with LTO2 drives. Unfortunately, we
> are running LTO3. Will they still be able to read these tapes?
No. Backward compatibility isn't usually possible. The LTO3 format
will have a higher density than the older drives can work with.
> If this won't work, if I duped them to LTO2 MEDIA, but still written
> from an LTO3 drive, would that be compatible with the LTO2 drives on the
> other end?
Yes, it should.
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Darren Dunham ddunham AT taos DOT com
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