Tape drive question

Gooberlx2

Lifer
May 4, 2001
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We currently have an ArcVault 12 that we intend on upgrading to an ArcVault 24. We will also be purchasing new LTO-4 tapes. We control the whole thing with bacula on a linux server.

My question is this: is it possible (or rather, advisable or not) to mix different tape types in volume pools? I'd hate to waste the 24 LTO-3 tapes we currently have, considering how expensive tapes are.