David, We currently have a Gen-1 3583 that would become our "offsite" library. Its online duties would be taken over by a Gen-3 3583. We like having two different libraries for online/offsite.
Because LTO is currently online only, there is almost no onsite handling. The DLTs we've been sending offsite for the last five years have held up superbly. We put them in their plastic cases and then the courier gives them a 5-mile roller-coaster ride. We have NEVER had a DLT tape fail from that handling. In an ideal world, we would have the same success if we switched to LTO. Thanks. Tab "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[email protected]> wrote on 02/10/2006 12:39:05 PM: > I don't quite think an inch, but... > > 1. Why LTO-1? LTO3 is current vdersion. > > 2. The cases are somewhat fragile on older LTO1 tapes. I > think originally the two plastic halves were not "welded" together. > This led to cases where, when inserted in a drive they got stuck. > Resaon is the leader pin would get pushed slightly back when halves > of case slightly separated, and would not close back. > > I have had about 6-8 failures of this type, out of about > 400 LTO1 tapes I have had. Only had one with an LTO2 tape. > > I understand that by early LTO2, the halves were welded and possibly > continuing production of LTO1 tapes were also. > > 3. Also, what about your onsite tape handlers too! > > 4. I would suspect that in general LTO tapes are no more fragile that DLT, > unless DLT uses more durable plastic or something. > > > > David B. Longo > System Administrator > Health First, Inc. > 3300 Fiske Blvd. > Rockledge, FL 32955-4305 > PH 321.434.5536 > Pager 321.634.8230 > Fax: 321.434.5509 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/10/06 12:51 PM >>> > This is a tape media question. > > We are considering moving from DLT8000 to LTO-1 for offsite tape storage. > > Our local IBM guys told us that LTO tapes should not be dropped more than > 1/2 inch or they risk being damaged. If you've ever watched a vault > vendor handling tapes, you know that 1/2" is pretty optimistic. > > So, is that true? Would our offsite data be at risk if our vault vendor > dropped an LTO cartridge a whole inch? > > Thanks. > > Tab Trepagnier > TSM Administrator > Laitram, L.L.C. > > ############################################################## > This message is for the named person's use only. It may > contain confidential, proprietary, or legally privileged > information. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or > lost by any mistransmission. If you receive this message > in error, please immediately delete it and all copies of it > from your system, destroy any hard copies of it, and notify > the sender. You must not, directly or indirectly, use, > disclose, distribute, print, or copy any part of this message > if you are not the intended recipient. Health First reserves > the right to monitor all e-mail communications through its > networks. Any views or opinions expressed in this message > are solely those of the individual sender, except (1) where > the message states such views or opinions are on behalf of > a particular entity; and (2) the sender is authorized by > the entity to give such views or opinions. > ##############################################################
