On 10/28/2021 7:59 AM, Pommier, Rex wrote:
...Yeah, I can get newer drives and media, but ordering, procuring, installing
and testing, and migrating doesn't happen overnight. Not to mention trying to
find the money when IBM didn't give me enough warning to budget for replacement
hardware and media.
Newer drives and media? From where??
AFAIK, TS1140 (released in 2011) is the *last* physical tape drive that
can attach to IBM Z -- at least of those made by IBM.
Are there other physical tape drive vendors with products that can
attach to IBM Z? What about tape controllers?
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