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The topic of the preferred mounting orientation of tape drives has been discussed for decades, clearly the drive mounting orientation will alter the head mass effect on the servo loop performance when the head is suspended by the actuator or resting on the guides. Over the years, number of tests were conducted on various DLT drives and even decades ago, the data showed a preferred drive mounting orientation can influence drive performance. Considering that quick review of the LTO8 shows the similar drive architecture to DLT, the question has remained unanswered if the drive mounting orientation can affect the drive performance. This study was recently requested by MagStor to quantify the effect of the mounting orientation on the LTO8 drive performance. The tests were conducted on a new IBM LTO8 IBM Tape Drive supplied by Magstor, (Magstor PN SAS-HL8-8088), the standard Tape drive Doctor advanced test routines was used to conduct the tests.

Since 2012, the Tape Storage Council has been helping expose the world to the benefits of tape as a storage option. Their membership includes big names in the tape industry like Quantum, IBM, FUJIFILM, and Hewlett-Packard. MagStor was added to...

All drives sold by MagStor, including the popular MagStor Thunderbolt™ 3 LTO 8 drive, as well as YoYotta’s software are verified to function smoothly with M1.