Ultrium LTO1 Drive

[Florian Hatt]

Hello there,

I'm having some troubles with a Ultrium1 drive. I just cant write more than 50GB of RAW-Data on a LTO1-Tape. It doesnt seem to be a Software-Problem because I'm having this issue in several applications. Tried ARCserve Backup and NTBackup with the exact same Problem. Even with Hard- or Softwarecompression the Tape will not grab much more data (speaking about very less).
Is there a known issue? Does someone have expirience with something like this?

Thanks
Florian

[Víctor Cespón · Accepted solution]

Use Library and Tape tools to perform Read/Write test and LTO Drive assesment test on that drive.
An old drive can lose capacity because some of the head elements are faulty and not all tracks are written.

[Florian Hatt]

Thanks for your quick answer, vcespon.
That sounds logic :D.
I will do that and post the results here.

Regards

[Storage expo]

It probably need a new read/Write head fitting. I use these guys

http://www.tape-drive-repair.com/repair.html

Very fast with good warranty