Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]John, Dennis, I've added some placeholder text in the wiki about using tape as backup medium. Tina may care in the near future as her scanning project continues. Please update. :) <http://wiki.leica-users.org/index.php/Tapes> Regards, Spencer On Mar 24, 2010, at 8:02, Dennis wrote: > John Nebel wrote: >> Dennis, >> >> Yes, HP was bragging about T10 a while back, thanks for reminding me. >> >> The issue of multiple formats is an interesting one. We have DLT3, DLT4, >> SDLT1, SDLT2, and LTO4 and must be able to read them all. It wasn't too >> long ago that there were 9-track tapes in the archive. > I think you mean your tape library must be able to read them all. The DLT > & SDLT are Quantum's proprietary format, the cartridges don't work in LTO > drives. LTO is an open format and drives must pass an interchangeability > test to bear the LTO logo. Your tape library should be able to migrate > data from the DLT & SDLT media to LTO media. I would think it is a goal to > do that by some future date. Whether or not Quantum wants you to migrate > from SDLT to LTO is another question! > > I think when you need tape that LTO is the only choice due to the multiple > vendors that help keep prices down. I don't think anyone here on the LUG > has so much data they need tape, at this point. Perhaps if Tina gets her > 1.5 million film images scanned! > > Dennis >> >> LTO4 is probably a good choice for a PC at this point as the drives and >> media are pretty cheap.