Yes, they say that standard tapes are not currently compatable. 
That may change in the future.


Deepak Saxena wrote:
> 
> Tnx.  Looking at their web page, it looks like they use their own
> propietary tape.  Am I correct?
> 
> ~ Deepak
> 
> On Nov 01 2000, at 21:59, Art Wagner was caught saying:
> > Take a close look at the 990 GByte Ecrix AutoPac at;
> > http://www.ecrix.com/
> > I have an VXA-1 Drive and have been VERY happy with it.
> > Ecrix is Linux qualified and they support both BRU and Arkiea.
> > Art Wagner
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Deepak Saxena wrote:
> > >
> > > Not Linux related directly, but my company is looking for an AIT
> > > tape backup drive + autoloader giving us betteen 500GB-1TB of storage
> > > capacity.  I know a couple of people here are very knowledgeable
> > > about such things.  Any suggestions? Must work with Linux.  We're
> > > planning on using Arkiea as the software if that matters (shouldn't).
> > >
> > > ~ Deepak
> > >
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