[NTLUG:Discuss] SDLT or LTO

[Chris Cox]

Monty Shinn wrote:
> Greetings.
> 
> I am about to purchase a tape backup system for archiving and delivery.  I am trying to decide between SDLT 600 and LTO 3.
> 
> This will be used on a Red Hat ES5 box.
> 
> Any observations, opinions or pitfalls I should watch out for?  I have experience with the older DLT 4000 and 7000 series, and I like the fact that the format isn’t helical scan, but I don't want to get hung up on that.  Any thoughts on interchangeability, robustness?  Does one play with Linux better than the other?
> 

I don't think you can say one is better than the other compatibility
wise.  They both work fine.  We use LTO3 with a fibre based high-end
tape library.