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&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Is the Eliant 820si tape drive from Exabyte also fully backwards<br />
compatible with the older models? &nbsp;I know it has less capacity, but as<br />
always, there is a factor of cost to be taken into account.<br />
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      Is the Eliant 820si tape drive from Exabyte also fully backwards
compatible with the older models?  I know it has less capacity, but as
always, there is a factor of cost to be taken into account.





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I've not had experience of this tape drive but the web site does mention that the unit is compatible with the current installed base.<br />
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Have a look at this for more info;<br />
<a href="http://www.exabyte.com/home/prodsol.html" rel="ugc">http://www.exabyte.com/home/prodsol.html</a><br />
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I've not had experience of this tape drive but the web site does mention that the unit is compatible with the current installed base.

Have a look at this for more info;
http://www.exabyte.com/home/prodsol.html [http://www.exabyte.com/home/prodsol.html]



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 &nbsp; Our reseach division has an exabyte 8505 tape <br />
drive. &nbsp; We are thinking of purchasing a second tape drive<br />
but the 8505 is a discontinued product. &nbsp; Is there an<br />
exabyte tape drive being marketed now which could read the<br />
tapes made by the 8505. &nbsp;My sysadmin's specific question <br />
is 'Is there a new one with upward compatibility' if that<br />
will help.<br />

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   Our reseach division has an exabyte 8505 tape 
drive.   We are thinking of purchasing a second tape drive
but the 8505 is a discontinued product.   Is there an
exabyte tape drive being marketed now which could read the
tapes made by the 8505.  My sysadmin's specific question 
is 'Is there a new one with upward compatibility' if that
will help.


Exabyte upward tape compatibility

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