Don't let the LTO manufactures hear you say that.
With different driver support, media, ISV certification requirements and
specifications that are anything but similar to DLT, the only common item
these formats share is that they are 'linear' tape formats.
NetApp will be supporting LTO in the late summer/early fall timeframe.
Regards,
Doug Stringer
-----Original Message-----
From: ryanb [mailto:ryanb@enteract.com]
Sent: Monday, March 12, 2001 12:58 PM
To: Moshe Linzer
Cc: toasters(a)mathworks.com
Subject: Re: LTO support?
On Mon, Mar 12, 2001 at 09:17:57PM +0200, Moshe Linzer wrote:
> Does anyone know when LTO will be supported on the filer? I have two
> 760's, and we are shopping around for a backup library. I am hesitant
> to go with LTO at this point, but management likes the numbers. Can
> anyone share experience or opinions on LTO drives or libraries?
Most LTO equipment is identical to DLT equipment, only with a different
tape drive. In this respect, the LTO drives will perform identically, or
so I'd like to think. ;) Please let me know if I'm wrong here.
- ryan