Verified — confirmed on physical hardware
Emulated — tested against a virtual SCSI target only
Community Reported — a user tested real hardware; unconfirmed by us
Untested — expected to work, no data yet
N/A — no emulator profile for this device
| Drive Model / Generation | Emulator Test | Hardware Test |
|---|---|---|
| LTO (Ultrium) Series | ||
| LTO-9 | Emulated | Untested |
| LTO-8 / LTO-M8 (Type M) | Emulated | Untested |
| LTO-7 | Emulated | Untested |
| LTO-6 | Emulated | Verified |
| LTO-5 | Emulated | Community Reported details |
| LTO-1 through LTO-4 | Emulated | Untested |
| IBM Enterprise (3592 / TS Series) | ||
| IBM TS1170 (70F/70S) - 50TB | N/A | Untested |
| IBM TS1140 / TS1150 / TS1160 | N/A | Untested |
| IBM 3592 (J1A/E05/E06) | Emulated | Untested |
| IBM 3590 (Magstar) | N/A | Untested |
| Oracle / StorageTek | ||
| STK T10000 (A/B/C/D) | Emulated | Untested |
| STK 9840 / 9940 Series | Emulated | Untested |
| Legacy & Discontinued Formats | ||
| Quantum DLT / SuperDLT | Emulated | Verified |
| Sony AIT / SAIT (Super AIT) | Emulated | Untested |
| HP / Seagate DDS & DAT (DAT 72/160/320) | N/A | Untested |
| Exabyte Mammoth / Mammoth-2 | N/A | Untested |
| Exabyte VXA-1 / VXA-2 / VXA-320 | N/A | Untested |
| OnStream ADR / ADR2 | N/A | Untested |
Note on "Untested": These drives utilize the standard SCSI Tape command set. While we expect 100% compatibility for basic Archive/Restore operations, advanced features like drive-level hardware encryption or specific Log Page reporting may vary by firmware version.
Community Reports
Results submitted by users testing their own physical drives. These aren't independently verified by us — treat them as a useful data point, not a guarantee, until they graduate to "Verified."
| Drive / Generation | Reported Outcome | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| LTO-5 | pass | Reported by a community member. Exact drive make/model and host machine/HBA weren't specified — if this was you, please follow up with the details so we can move this row into the main table as Verified. |
Don't See Your Drive? Test It.
Most of this list is emulator-tested on our end — we don't own every drive here. If you've got a tape drive plugged into a Linux box, running one test and telling us what happened is the fastest way to make this page trustworthy.
- Drive make & exact model — e.g. "HP LTO-5 Ultrium 3000 SAS," not just "LTO-5"
- Connection type — direct SAS/FC/SCSI, a USB bridge, or an autoloader/library
- Distro, kernel version, and driver info (
modinfo st,dmesg | grep -i st) - What you ran — write, read, erase, rewind — and the exact result, pass or fail, with any error output