Author: Jan Henkins Date: To: hampshire Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Ultrium LTO Tapes
Hello Rob,
On 26/08/11 18:50, Rob Malpass wrote: >
> Hi all
>
> Sorry for the naivety here but I have a fundamental question to ask
> for any of you that use tapes - specifically Ultrium...
>
> I have [1] and apparently this is LTO-1 only. What I don't
> understand is whether I can put an LTO-3 or LTO-2 tape in it and
> expect it to work. Presumably it's just a question of a longer tape
> or is that far too simplistic?
>
Your drive is indeed LTO1 only. If you have a newer LTO device, you will
find that they are backwards compatible, so LTO-1 and LTO-2 tapes should
work in an LTO-3 drive.
