Friday, February 26, 2016

Backup Archive - Tape Drive / Media Compatibility Matrix

Tape Drive / Media
Compatibility Matrix

In order to protect your data and your investment in a technology, you need to fully understand the platform you work with. This media compatibility overview will help you understand the compatibility between our different drive technologies and available media.

 LTO TAPE DRIVES
TAPE FORMATLTO-6LTO-5LTO-4LTO-3LTO-2LTO-1
LTO-6RW-----
LTO-5RWRW----
LTO-4RRWRW---
LTO-3-RRWRW--
LTO-2--RRWRW-
LTO-1---RRWRW


 DAT TAPE DRIVES
TAPE FORMATDAT 160DAT 72DDS-4DDS-3
DAT 160RW---
DAT 72RWRW--
DDS-4RWRWRW-
DDS-3-RWRWRW


 SLR TAPE DRIVES
TAPE FORMATSLR140SLR100SLR75SLR60SLR7SLR5
SLR140RW-----
SLR100RWRW----
SLR75RWRWRWRW--
SLR60RWRWRWRW--
SLR50RWRWRWRW--
SLR40RWRWRWRW--
SLR7RRRRRW-
SLR32-RRR--
SLR24-RRR--
SLR5--RRRRW
SLR4--R--RW
SLR3-----RW

Legend
  • RW: read and write compatible
  • R: read-only compatible
  • dash: not compatible

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