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LTO-3 Tape brand and vendor recommendation?

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Peter Richardson

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Just got a Quantum 600a and now need some LTO-3 tape. Anyone recommend brands or a vendor? I am a fan of Tapeonline.com as for a vendor, but am always open to suggestions. Thanks!

Peter
 
I might be wrong on this but I thought the 600A was network attached SDLT tape drive capable of 300gb native with a transfer rate of 36 mb/s while the LTO 3A is network attached with 400gb native and a 68 mb/s transfer rate.

Of course LTO 4 technology is right around the corner with double the storage and transfer rates, so I would have held off to see if there was going to be an LTO 4a so that you could hook it up to a laptop via ethernet connection. The LTO4 will be ultra320.

Steve
 
Hi Luis,

The drive I got is lto 3. To Steve's point, I spoke with Quantum and they told me the Lto 4 version of the 600a is at least a year off. Not sure how accurate that is, but its the best info I was able to find.

Peter
 
LTO3 Brands

LTO3 Brands

I have personal experience with Tandberg, TDK and Quantum brands.
Does not seem to be much in it but for the price- the tandberg being the cheapest in the UK...
I ahve only been using them for about 6 months- quite heavily though - with no issues...
I think choose a known brand, and you will be OK
thanks
graham
 
Peter Richardson said:
Hi Nils,

I got the Quantum drive for $6417 shipped from Custom Supply Inc (www.mediasupplystore.com). Hope that helps!

Peter
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Thank you Peter, it helps.
I've been looking for an LTO3 drive that would work through ethernet, and it's the only one I found.
It's just a shame that it costs like 4 times more than an SCSI drive... I really don't need the MXF capabilities neither...
 
Thanks Graham. Just placed an order for Quantum tapes -- figured I stick with the same brand as the drive.

Luis: You definitely pay a big premium for the ethernet functionality (and mxf, though like you, I didn't need that). It's nice being able to access the drive over a network, though, and connect it to your laptop. Let us know what you decide to do.

Peter
 
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