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Conference ssag::ask_ssag

Title:	Ask the Storage Architecture Group
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Moderator:	SSAG::TERZAN

Created:	Wed Oct 15 1986
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	6756
Total number of notes:	25276

6455.0. "Tape drive that is compatible with TF85,TK70" by HGOVC::CHRISTSANG () Fri Mar 07 1997 03:12

    Hello,
    
    We have a customer who is migrating from VAX/VMS to Alpha/OpenVMS
    system. From the VAX/VMS, they have 2 types of tape system :
    
    1. TF85
    2. TK70
    
    I am looking for a suitable tape drive for the Alpha/OpenVMS environment
    (Alphaserver 8200, PCI, SCSI) that can read the above 2 types of tape.
    
    From the SOC (Nov 96) page 6.82, I noticed that TZ87 is read-compatible
    with TK70. However, apparently, TZ87 is end-of-line. Anyway, we still
    need a tape drive that is TF85 compatible.
    
    Please advise on the appropriate tape drive(s).
    
    
    Thanks and best regards
    Chris

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
6455.1		LEFTY::CWILLIAMS	CD or not CD, that's the question	`Fri Mar 07 1997 07:22`	7
	Other than the TZ87, there is none. Time to migrate the customer to newer tape drives - the TK70 is EOL, and there are no drives currently shipping that can read their tapes. Chris
6455.2		SSDEVO::ROLLOW	Dr. File System's Home for Wayward Inodes.	`Fri Mar 07 1997 09:50`	5
	I think there is a PCI/DSSI adapter. You could use that to keep the TF85, at least long enough to migrate the data up to the current or next generation of DLT. The TZ88 will read the CompacTape III tapes of the TF85 as well. But the CompacTape II of the TK70 will need migration.