RE: Which Tape Drive?

More good stuff to know. Thanks, Pete.

Jerry C. Adams
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-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Pete Massiello
Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2011 11:38 AM
To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
Subject: RE: Which Tape Drive?

I highly recommend the LTO4, and not the LTO5. First off, the tapes are
cheaper, secondly if you have older LTO tapes (like 2 and 3) you can read
them. You can also write LTO3 & 4. You don't need the capacity of the
LTO5, and when you look at the cost of those tapes you will wish you had
LTO4. Now, vs 4mm, I think that the LTO4 is a great technology. Very fast,
very reliable, and certainly dense enough to hold any P05 class 720 machine.

Pete

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-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jerry C. Adams
Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2011 8:55 AM
To: Midrange-L
Subject: Which Tape Drive?

Getting back to our Power 7 proposal, an LTO5 and 4MM have been proposed as
alternatives. I see LTO mentioned all of the time in the list, but the cost
of the 4MM is about $2k less. So what would be the downside/advantage of
going to the cheaper 4MM?



Jerry C. Adams

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