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  LTO 7 Capacity (not M) in a LTO 8 Drive

  Posted by Doug Weiner on April 19, 2019 at 8:25 pm

  I am looking for someone with first hand knowledge, and not a grid. ????.

  Has anybody written to regular LTO7 tape (not LTO 7 M) with an LTO 8 drive at 6TB? (Not 7M, not wanting to start a long conversation about that).

  I am using BRU Server 2.03. And an NEOSeries 24 slot (Flexstore II & IBM Drive.)

  Doug

  Tim Gerhard replied 7 years, 4 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Tim Gerhard

  April 29, 2019 at 2:53 pm

  Sure you can use a regular LTO7 tape in an LTO8 drive. I’m assuming by your subject you’re asking for the real capacity?

  Just like a hard drive, it’s usually a bit less than the stated amount. An LTO7 would be like 5.5TB in reality or possibly less. There is no gain in capacity by using an 8 drive over a 7 etc.

  Tim Gerhard
  MagStor Inc.
  LTO Solutions TB3 / SAS / USB / FC
  614-505-6333
  tgerhard@magstor.com

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