Hmm, that seems _ODD_.. we have 2 Dell libraries we are putting in to production, and in our testing thus far they haven't complained about nin-dell media.
I wonder if that's something Dell tried for a moment and then backed away from when the screaming started... -sc From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 10:35 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: dell rant +1 , always shopped around for DLT tapes for Compaq/HP branded drives, never ordered from them for replacements. On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 10:32 AM, John Aldrich <[email protected]> wrote: Wow! I'm glad that IBM isn't that picky. We're using whatever LTO cartridge we can buy in our IBM tape drive for the AS/400. I've found that Amazon is a great place to find low-cost tapes. :-) -----Original Message----- From: Bill Humphries [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 8:06 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: dell rant yeah, we usually avoid Dell, but we inherited a customer with an aging set of Dell servers and Dell LTO backup drive in a datacenter. The tape drive would error out with any tape or cleaning cartridge that wasn't a Dell-branded cartridge. ridiculous. Bill ~ 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/> ~
