Mixed drives

All supported generations of LTO tape drives and cartridges can be in the same physical library and within a single module.

This library supports a mixture of LTO drive types in a logical library. Some independent software vendors (ISVs) support mixed drive types within a logical library and other do not. Some ISVs that support mixed drive types might have restrictions. For details, contact your ISV.

Figure 1 shows examples of methods for mixing LTO drive types in a logical library.
Figure 1. Mixed drives in a logical library
Mixed drives in a logical library