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

Greg Freemyer greg.freemyer at gmail.com
Fri Jun 12 08:03:16 EDT 2009


Jeff,

You can get pretty good info from lsscsi.

If it happens to be a dlt8000 I'd love to borrow it if you're offering.

Thanks
Greg


On 6/12/09, Jeff Lightner <jlightner at water.com> wrote:
> 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.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> 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
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!
> 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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