[ale] Anyone know where I can get a DLT4 drive?

[Jeff Lightner]

The confusion was in the post he responded to where you said LTO-4 even though your original post and the subject said DLT4.

Odd - I saw your post yesterday and forgot the hand me down Dell 2300 I'm using here at work for a CentOS 5 workstation has a DLT drive.   The tapes I have say DLT IV.  I don't know any specs on it except that it does work because I did a full backup of the CentOS using tar a few weeks back. 

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From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Greg Freemyer
Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 8:14 PM
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Subject: Re: [ale] Anyone know where I can get a DLT4 drive?

Jim,

Thanks for the offer, but ...

If I read HP's website right, that is a LTO drive, not a DLT.

I need a old DLT drive that can read a DLT IV tape recorded at 40/80
density written around 2000.  Anything new can't read that far back I
believe, so I'm stuck with used despite my current frustration with
used DLT drives.  (4 out of 4 failed to work so far.)

Greg

On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 7:29 PM, Jim Kinney<jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have an HP StorageWorks Ultrium 460. Will that help?
>
> On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 6:56 PM, Greg Freemyer<greg.freemyer at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Does anyone happen to have one I can borrow for a few days?
>>
>> I've had nothing but issues.  Atlantix Global did not have any.  So I
>> brought a few cheap ones with no guarantee.  None of them worked.
>>
>> I have 40 LTO-4 tapes I really need to get restored before Monday, so
>> if someone could loan me a drive I would really appreciate it.  (Or
>> I'd happy to buy one that worked.)
>>
>> Greg
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 5:16 PM, Greg Freemyer<greg.freemyer at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> All,
>>>
>>> I need to read some 10 year old backups made on DLT4 drives.
>>>
>>> I just tried both of my DLT 4s and they seem to be dead.  (It has been
>>> a while since they were on, so not a big surprise.)
>>>
>>> I assume I can get a couple off ebay, but I'd just as soon get them
>>> locally if there is a used equipment vendor around.  Especially if
>>> they are in the Norcross area.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Greg
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>>
>>
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