Replacement tapes for Meridian Mail backup

[hurricaneguy]

We need to get some new tapes for our Meridian mail backup drive. The book says the drive supports up to 2.5 GB tapes. However I cannot find anything smaller then 4GB tapes. Most are in the 30 to 60 GB range.

Has anyone been able to use tapes larger then 2.5 GB. If so what sizes have you used?

 

[KCFLHRC]

I typically use DC6250 tapes which are 250 MB. But I dont see many Meridian Mail Systems any more either. You can not use tapes larger than the 2.5 GB. the drive wont write to them and you can't restore from them either.

 

[KCFLHRC]

The 2.5 GB tapes are all over the internet for sale.

 

[GHTROUT]

I think you can still find them:

https://www.google.com/search?q=slr4+tapes

The Drive probably says SLR4. Here is a compatibility chart:

http://www.imation.com/PageFiles/306/SLR_Compatibility_Chart.pdf

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[hurricaneguy]

Thanks I found them. The vendor we normally buy these from did not have them but another vendor we have terms with does. SO I guess they get the business.