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I would not suggest that you try that.<br />

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I doubt the Scalar firmware would allow it to drive an LTO4 even though they are hardware compatible.
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Thanks Moe.<br />
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I kind of figured something like that would be the case, but figured it was worth investigating. &nbsp;Finding a FC library with more than 4 drives and tape capacity of 60+ is pretty hard when you only have about $30K to work with. &nbsp;That's why I was hoping to just throw some LTO4's in the existing library.<br />
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Back to the design table, I suppose.<br />
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You are very welcome!<br />
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If your company policy allows for it, you could look into used equipment. &nbsp;Could get you more bang for your buck. &nbsp;Then again, LTO-4 is hard to find used.
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I thought the same thing. &nbsp;We've been warming up to refurb equipment lately, but I've had a hard time even finding decent LTO3 setups.
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Officially, the newest drives that manufacturers appear to support in the Dell PowerVault 136T / Adic Scalar 100 are LTO3.<br />
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We have LTO2 drives now, but they just aren't quite cutting the mustard anymore. &nbsp;We want to take advantage of the built-in encryption capabilities of LTO4, as well as the increased performance.<br />
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Has anyone here gone against manufacturer recommendations and tried installing LTO4 drives in their PV136T or Adic Scalar 100 library? &nbsp;If so, what was your experience?
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Officially, the newest drives that manufacturers appear to support in the Dell PowerVault 136T / Adic Scalar 100 are LTO3.

We have LTO2 drives now, but they just aren't quite cutting the mustard anymore.  We want to take advantage of the built-in encryption capabilities of LTO4, as well as the increased performance.

Has anyone here gone against manufacturer recommendations and tried installing LTO4 drives in their PV136T or Adic Scalar 100 library?  If so, what was your experience?

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