Re: [OT] Tandberg support...

Phil Stracchino <[email protected]> Tue, 10 Feb 2026 11:35:26 -0500

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On 2/10/26 10:57, Arno Lehmann via Bacula-users wrote:
> Hi Marco,
> 
> Am 10.02.2026 um 15:59 schrieb Marco Gaiarin:
>>
>> I own a Tandberg LTO9 external unit (TD-LTO9XSA) that have trouble, one of
> 
> LTO-9 is really tricky when it comes to environmental conditions... all
> the vendors I know of do not offer that technology as stand-alone drives
> for exactly that reason -- they prefer their drives in controlled
> environments in data center racks.

This is frankly consistent with my own experience.  In the real world, 
you can't reliably keep an LTO drive alive longer than about a year 
outside of a sealed robot or a clean-room.  And cleaning tapes only help 
just so much.


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