12 Mar
2001
12 Mar
'01
9:52 p.m.
On Mon, Mar 12, 2001 at 02:57:30PM -0600, ryanb wrote:
Most LTO equipment is identical to DLT equipment, only with a different tape drive. In this respect, the LTO drives will perform identically, or
General feelings (see recent comp.arch.storage threads for more detail) seems to be that LTO is a bit too new to really know how well it is going to do its job or how good the multi-supplier thing is going to be for compatibility - and of the three suppliers apparently only one (HP's) drive is working right now.
James. (Deja vu: I said something like this only 7 days ago to this very list, in answer to another person asking about LTO on Filers.)