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Qingyan_Lim
Level 4
10 years ago

use other cartridges

Can I replace any tape cartridges of different kind (brand, file capacity) in the tape drive just that it have to be support by the tape drive (LTO-5)? Regards, Qingyan
2014
Backup and Recovery
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    pkh
    10 years ago
    Yes. The LTO is a standard and the brand should not matter. LTO5 tape drives can read and write LTO5 and LTO4 tapes only
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pkh
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10 years ago
Yes. The LTO is a standard and the brand should not matter. LTO5 tape drives can read and write LTO5 and LTO4 tapes only