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1. Gen 2 will be able to write on the Gen1 Cartridges (I done it with LTO 3582 ) 2. according to IBM spec sheets Gen1 is 15-30 MB/s, but with LTO2 Drives its 20-40 MB/s writing on LTO2 cartridges. 3. I not sure if LTO1 drive can write on LTO2 cartridge, but if it can, u can change the format to drive instead of LTO in the Device Class. I hope it answer your questions. ----Original Message----- From: Anoop Das [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 3:40 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Gen1 to Gen2 Upgrade/coexist Am using an LTO 3583 with 2 scsi Gen1 drives and GEN1 cartridges. Planning to upgrade to 4 fiber Gen2 drives in the 3583. The SCSI drives will be removed. The current data exists on over 150 gen1 cartridges and hence do not plan to move to gen2 cartridges immediately. The setup is directly attached to the pSeries servers running AIX 5.1 and TSM Server Got some queries 1. Will Gen2 drives be able to read and write(new as well as append to existing tapes) on the existing gen1 cartridges without problem? 2. What speed will I get out of the new setup? Gen2 speed or Gen1 speed? 3. If I coexist the new gen2 drives with the existing gen1 drives where can I get stuck? Anyone experienced in this kind of a scenario? Anoop
