LTO2 Drive compatability with LTO media

[Edward Ruiz]

Can LTO2 drives read and write to LTO(Gen1) media?

[V.Tamilvanan]

Hi,
By default the backward compatibility is available.
So LTO2 drives can read and write to LTO! tapes but not the other way.


See the below link for details.
http://www.sun.com/storage/tape/desktop_drives/features.xml

[Kurt Beyers.]

Edward,

Yes, the Ultrium 460 tape drive is fully read and write compatible with the first generation of Ultrium tape drives while setting new standards for performance, capacity and reliability.

More details can be found in the product sheet http://h18006.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/11739_div/11739_div.pdf

best regards,
Kurt

[Edward Ruiz]

Thanks