Yay! I'm glad Dell came to their senses on this. On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 5:50 PM, Michael D Faulkner <[email protected]> wrote: > Just got an email from our Dell rep indicating they have changed > policies and will not restrict drive vendors on PERC H700 and H800 > controllers. Requires a firmware update. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Senter, John [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 9:00 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: dell rant > > We had 2 Dell LTO drives and they worked fine with non-dell branded > tapes. The Dell tapes were Fuji at that time but we used Verbatim > tapes. We did have a issue with the very first LTO library they came > out with years ago, but after working with them and the real manufacture > it turned out to be a firmware issue that they corrected. > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Aldrich [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 10:32 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: dell rant > > 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/> ~ > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > >
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