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?
Thanks,
Moshe
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
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.)
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