LTO Tape Drive / Media Compatibility Matrix (4044591)

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LTO Tape Drive / Media Compatibility Matrix
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This overview provides an understanding on the compatibility of the different drive technologies and tape media
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LTO Tape drives are backward compatible to write media of the prior generation. Additionally, an LTO drive can read media from two generations back, but it won't write data to the media.

E.g. An LTO-6 Drive can read LTO-6, LTO-5 and LTO-4.

The LTO-6 Drive can write LTO-6 and LTO-5 media.
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The following web sites are provided as references to different tape drive and media vendors:

Hewlett Packard Enterprise tape compatibility matrix:

https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-lpg50082

Dell EMC tape compatibility matrix:

http://ftp.dell.com/manuals/all-products/esuprt_storage_int/esuprt_storage_legacy/powervault-rd1000_Compatibility-Matrix_en-us.pdf

IBM tape compatibility matrix:

https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/ssw_ibm_i_73/rzam4/rzam4ultriumcompat.htm

Overland Tandberg tape compatibility:

https://www.tandbergdata.com/us/index.cfm/support/compatibility/tape-drive-media-compability-matrix/

Oracle tape storage compatibility:

https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/availability/osb-12-2-tape-matrix-4308950.pdf

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