Supported Tape Drives

The SL150 supports certain generations and manufacturers of LTO drives.

You can install a mix of HP and IBM LTO drives of various generations within the library. The library supports the following drive types:

• HP LTO half-height generation 5 or 6 SAS or short wavelength FC interface
• IBM LTO half-height generation 6, 7, 8, or 9 SAS or short wavelength FC interface

Note:

LTO-8 and above can read and write one generation back. LTO-7 and below can read two generations back and write one generation back. For best capacity and performance, always use cartridges of the same generation as your drives.