Mark, For what it's worth, my boss cheaped out and got some non IBM tapes for our 3584, and I've had nothing but problems with them. Mostly Imation and a few Emtecs. We are running the first generation LTO 1 drives, so there might be an issue with those as well. I have now gone in and just started pulling the tapes that have gone read-only more than twice and replaced them with IBMs.
Shawn > From: Mark Ferraretto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 12:30:57 +0800 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Non-IBM LTO tapes in a 3584 > > All, > > We're looking at purchasing extra LTO-1 tapes to go in our 3584. To date, > we've been running IBM tapes but we've gotten cheaper prices on HP and Imation > tapes. Both HP and Imation are priced about 30% less than the IBM tapes. > > But I'm wondering if there are any quality issues with either of these brands. > Also, I'm wondering if running non-IBM tapes in a 3584 might raise any issues. > > Can anyone help? > > Thanks > > Mark > > > -- > Mark Ferraretto > Unix Systems Administrator > Deutsche Bank Hong Kong > w: +852 2203 6362 m: +852 9558 8032 f: +852 2203 6971 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > > This e-mail may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are > not the intended recipient (or have received this e-mail in error) please > notify the sender immediately and destroy this e-mail. Any unauthorized > copying, disclosure or distribution of the material in this e-mail is strictly > forbidden. >
