Thanks. I found that also, which will be an issue for us since we have so many LTO2s still in our cycles. I will have to review long term viability of investing in a new LTO4 as well as replacing the LTO2 tapes at the same time.
On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 7:43 AM, Scott Kaufman at HQ<[email protected]> wrote: > We've been researching replacing our LTO2 tape library with LTO4, and the > information we've gathered is: > LTO drives are read/write compatible with the previous generation of tapes & > just read compatible with the 2nd previous generation of tapes. So... > > LTO4 drives can: > read/write to LTO3 tapes > Read only to LTO2 tapes > Cannot work with LTO1 tapes > > > Scott > > -----Original Message----- > From: mqcarp [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 8:34 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: OT: LTO4 Back Up Processes > > Our LTO3 library just hit the skids so before I look at replacing it I > am looking around to make sure this is still best practice. Other than > those that do back up to disk and archive to tape processes, is LTO4 > libraries best practice, and are they backward compatible to LTO3 and > LTO2 tapes (I will double check this elsewhere also, just wanted to > throw it out and get experienced feedback). > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
