I already have 1 vendor willing to admit that they have a library that can either be pure LTO or else 1/2 LTO, 1/2 SDLT (heding their bets). I believe that they are actually already taking orders and supposedly shipping these units.
In no way should you take this as a testimonial, but here is the info: Overland Data www.overlanddata.com
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--> --> From Michael.Collie@netapp.com Mon Mar 12 15:06:31 2001 --> From: "Collie, Michael" Michael.Collie@netapp.com --> To: Moshe Linzer Moshe.Linzer@nsc.com --> Cc: "'ryanb'" ryanb@enteract.com, toasters@mathworks.com --> Subject: RE: LTO support? --> X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) --> --> Moshe, --> --> The LTO technology promises performance of up to 30Mb/s with 2:1 --> compression. This performance far exceeds DLTs, SDLT, ATI-2 and 9840s. The --> form factor for LTO (Ultrium) is different for today's tape drives. --> --> It may be some time before library vendors integrate the LTO technology into --> their products. NetApp support for LTO is slated for 4th quarter of 2001. --> --> --> ---Original Message----- --> From: ryanb [mailto:ryanb@enteract.com] --> Sent: Monday, March 12, 2001 12:58 PM --> To: Moshe Linzer --> Cc: toasters@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 -->