3480 Tape Drive

[Albert Smith_1]

I was wondering if HP still sells and provides support for external 3480/3490 tape drives. And if so they know the model/part number for the tape drive.

Thanks,

Al Smith
Sr. HP-UX Administrator
Quest Diagnostics

[Patrick Wallek]

I don't know if HP has any 3480/90 tape drives or not. I've got one on my T500, but it is an STK drive and it is at least 5 years and not under maintenance by anyone.

[Mike Keighley]

We purchased an M4 brand 3490E-compatible.
M4 model no. M490E a.k.a. "twin peaks"
As far as I know these are still available.

You must be careful if buying 3rd party, as HP-UX is fussy about which models it recongnises.

The M490E can be configured to return a Scsi enquiry string "STK 4280HP", which works.

A Fujitsu desk-top model which we also bought a while back didn't.

[Cheryl Griffin]

Albert,
In a search for information on the 3480 and 3490 drives, all I could find was driver support information but no sales info.

Your local HP sales rep could confirm this but I do not believe those tape drives are sold by HP.

However, I found documentation stating there is kernel driver support for s800's at 10.20 and 11.00.

Hope this helps.

[Albert Smith_1]

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