Not that we've used physical tapes in years but has anyone been holding out on upgrades just because you needed
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* LTO Generation 9 media specification tape cartridge compressed capacity of up to 45 TB (18 TB native)
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?
It's here:
IBM TS4500 Tape Library supports IBM Ultrium Linear Tape-Open (LTO) 9 tape drive technology
https://www.ibm.com/common/ssi/ShowDoc.wss?docURL=/common/ssi/rep_ca/9/897/ENUS121-069/index.html
They're practically giving the cartridges away at only $200/ea. :)
https://tapeandmedia.com/lto-ultrium-9-tapes/
So when you run that backup of 2TB with four drives running in parallel...
Rob Berendt
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IBM Certified System Administrator - IBM i 6.1
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