IBM TS3500 Tape Library
Hi,
I hope I post this in the right sub since this is data related.
Do any of you have experience with this unit? (TS3500 L53)
I'm currently running on LTO-5 (approx 200 tapes) and 6 working drives.
I plan to upgrade to LTO-8 in the future as the tapes are in the same price range ans the LTO-7. Which means half the price per TB...
Unfortunately, I may have to upgrade to the microcode H015 from F330(current) to be able to use LTO-8 drives, which are still very expensive at the moment by the way...
Of course IBM support is non existent and microcode downloading requires an active support contract.
Has anyone done this?
I would be grateful for any hindsight.
Thank you
u/FairTradeBananas — 8 days ago