We installed 12 LTO5 drives a couple of months ago We have a mixture of LTO2, LTO4, and LTO5 drives in our library. LTO5 drives are only using LTO4 media, but we haven't had any issues as of yet.
-----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Ochs, Duane Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 9:31 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] LTO-5 Experience? I'm installing a Spectralogic T950 with 14 LTO5 drives next week. I'll let you know if I have the same issues. -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Gary Bowers Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 9:28 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: LTO-5 Experience? I have a customer that is running 6 LTO-5 drives in a 3310 using IBM LTO5 media. They have had many issues with LTO5. In the past 6 months, they have replaced 4 drives mostly due to stuck tapes. Several engineering firmwares have been added, and they are now finally able to eject tapes more consistently. I would say that this customer is not happy with the transition at this point (LTO3 previously). They run an HSM environment, and tapes getting stuck in the drives prevents restores of their HSM data. This makes unhappy doctors. I know that they sent at least 2 of their drives to IBM with a tape still stuck in it to perform diagnostics. I really have never seen anything like this in the 10+ years I've been doing TSM. If you have not upgraded to the latest firmware, make sure you do so. Gary Bowers Itrus Technologies On Jan 19, 2011, at 5:51 AM, Christian Svensson wrote: > Hi, > Does anyone run LTO-5 libraries today? > How are your experience of LTO-5? > > I have only installed one library and we got a lot of problem with > does drives. > Just wonder if that is only one timer or if many other also have > problems with LTO-5 > > I don't care what TSM version you are running. > > Best Regards > Christian Svensson > > Cell: +46-70-325 1577 > E-mail: christian.svens...@cristie.se > Skype: cristie.christian.svensson > Supported Platform for CPU2TSM:: > http://www.cristie.se/cpu2tsm-supported-platforms This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the addressee. If you are not the intended addressee, then you have received this email in error and any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of this email is strictly prohibited. Please notify us immediately of your unintended receipt by reply and then delete this email and your reply. Tyson Foods, Inc. and its subsidiaries and affiliates will not be held liable to any person resulting from the unintended or unauthorized use of any information contained in this email or as a result of any additions or deletions of information originally contained in this email.
