Comments on: Review: Cache-A LTO-4 Prime-Cache Archive Appliance http://www.suitetake.com/2009/09/24/review-cache-a-lto-4-a-series/ Post Production Technology, Reviews, Experiences & Opinion from the Edit Suite. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:09:16 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: gastonhinostroza http://www.suitetake.com/2009/09/24/review-cache-a-lto-4-a-series/comment-page-1/#comment-195 gastonhinostroza Thu, 18 Feb 2010 22:58:01 +0000 http://www.suitetake.com/?p=2766#comment-195 My question is if I hand an LTO to one of my network clients who does NOT have Cache-A will they be able to:<br><br>a.) see what;s on the tape and if so how and will is have the ICON catalog look above and <br>b.) do I need to use the internal SW to make the LTO/.tar files or can I use instead, say Z-datadump or WinZip or WinRara which are non-proprietary? My question is if I hand an LTO to one of my network clients who does NOT have Cache-A will they be able to:

a.) see what;s on the tape and if so how and will is have the ICON catalog look above and
b.) do I need to use the internal SW to make the LTO/.tar files or can I use instead, say Z-datadump or WinZip or WinRara which are non-proprietary?

]]> By: andrewfallondottv http://www.suitetake.com/2009/09/24/review-cache-a-lto-4-a-series/comment-page-1/#comment-141 andrewfallondottv Tue, 13 Oct 2009 03:05:20 +0000 http://www.suitetake.com/?p=2766#comment-141 Great article! I can definitely attest to a "dumb" LTO drive. We have a Superloader LTO3 which needs a host card, backup software, and, of course, the Superloader to operate. Add in the server it's running off, I dread when we have problems and I have to do the round robin of phone calls. We bought it about the same time the A drives came out and were a bit more expensive. It was a budget call, and it's been a great investment, but some of the features the A drives give you would be great. Especially the easier access without having to go through Retrospect, which can seem very archaic these days. Great article! I can definitely attest to a “dumb” LTO drive. We have a Superloader LTO3 which needs a host card, backup software, and, of course, the Superloader to operate. Add in the server it's running off, I dread when we have problems and I have to do the round robin of phone calls. We bought it about the same time the A drives came out and were a bit more expensive. It was a budget call, and it's been a great investment, but some of the features the A drives give you would be great. Especially the easier access without having to go through Retrospect, which can seem very archaic these days.

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