HPE Converged Storage Solutions — Question 21

A customer is planning to replace their existing LTO-6 tape library with a new HPE StoreEver MSL2024 tape library. They want to reuse their existing LTO-6 tape cartridges for reads and writes.
What is the latest tape drive technology that will provide backward compatibility?

Answer options

• A. LTO8
• B. LTO5
• C. LTO6
• D. LTO7

Correct answer: D

Explanation

The LTO-7 drive offers backward compatibility with LTO-6 cartridges, allowing reads and writes to existing media. LTO-6 can read and write its own tapes but does not offer an upgrade path for older LTO tapes like LTO-5. LTO-8, while newer, does not support LTO-6 cartridges, making LTO-7 the correct choice.