[geeks] Just checking ...

[Patrick Finnegan]

On Thursday 24 December 2009, Phil Stracchino wrote:
> Just as a sanity check:  An LTO2 drive SHOULD read and write LTO1
>  media as well as LTO2 media, right?  Or as a more general statement,
>  an LTOn drive should read and write LTOx media for x=1..n?

LTO drives can read/write one generation back, and read two generations 
back.  So, LTO2 drive should R/W LTO1 media, and LTO3 can r/w LTO2 and 
read LTO1, but an LTO4 can't read or write LTO1.

Pat
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