[geeks] IBM LTO Ultrium2 drive available

[Phil Stracchino]

On 06/16/11 10:45, Lionel Peterson wrote:
> 'zactly.
> 
> As I said, it was pulled because of an apparently failed tape sensor - not
> sure if fault is in the drive or the interposer board, never tried to use it
> as a standalone SCSI device w/o interposer.

My LTO2 drive started throwing firmware errors recently (naturally, at
the most inconvenient possible time).  I've been pondering at what point
I can shoehorn a new drive into the budget, and whether to see if I can
get my hands on a SAS LTO3 drive, which would actually simplify my life
in a number of ways as well as giving me better throughput.  My only
concern there is whether my server can actually supply data fast enough
to keep an LTO3 streaming.


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