On Thu, 23 Jun 2005, Michael Loftis wrote:
LTO, DLT, S-LTO, etc all have the huge advantage of the same physical form factor. So 'upgrading' a DLT library to LTO, or S-LTO is just adding/upgrading the tape drives in it. DLT (sometimes called Compactape IV) has a long history and is a good reliable medium, with a lot of vendors selling drives and
Yeah that's what you'd think. I used to run an Overland loader with DLT4000. The thing was rock-solid, so when the time came I tried to swap out the drive for a DLT7000. Nope, Overland wouldn't hear of it. They insisted I had to start all over with a new loader. (Yeah, much more $$, too.) Turned out at least part of the problem was that the SCSI version of the 4000 loader wasn't fast enough for the 7000 drive. -Mitch
