A computer components & hardware forum. HardwareBanter

If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.

Go Back   Home » HardwareBanter forum » General Hardware & Peripherals » Storage & Hardrives
Site Map Home Register Authors List Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read Web Partners

LTO cross-compatybility - tapes



 
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old November 7th 03, 11:54 AM
Daniel
external usenet poster
 
Posts: n/a
Default LTO cross-compatybility - tapes

!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"
html
Colleagues,
pStanding in face of buying new tapes and having in mind differences
in tape priece I appreciate your opinion about the following:
p1. Can I use tapes produced by HP in IBM LTO drives?
br2. Is it supported by IBM?
br3. Does anyone do that? Does it work?
pThanks for any hint
pRegards,
brDaniel/html

  #2  
Old November 7th 03, 04:22 PM
Paul
external usenet poster
 
Posts: n/a
Default

1. Can I use tapes produced by HP in IBM LTO drives?
Yes.

2. Is it supported by IBM?

Yes

3. Does anyone do that? Does it work?

Yes.

I've had good luck with Fuji media, and it's fairly inexpensive.

The only cross-compatibility issues you may have with LTO is the cleaning
cartridge. If you don't get the universal cleaning cartridge, make sure you
have the manufacturer specific cartridge for your drive brand. The reason
for this is that the brand-specific cleaning cartridge uses the chip memory
in the cartridge for tracking the number of cleanings the thing has been
used for.

--paul


 




Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
MCE and commercial tapes HillBillyBuddhist Dell Computers 2 February 10th 05 07:35 PM
Tapes for DVD & CD Drives John Dell Computers 2 February 12th 04 12:23 AM


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 11:12 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.6.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright ©2004-2024 HardwareBanter.
The comments are property of their posters.