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docs: tape: clarify LTO-4/5 support

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some features we need (e.g. READ POSITION long form) are only officially
available with LTO-5, but work on many LTO-4 drives, so move LTO-4 to
'best-effort' support.

Signed-off-by: Dominik Csapak <d.csapak@proxmox.com>
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Dominik Csapak 2021-05-03 11:27:46 +02:00 committed by Dietmar Maurer
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@ -67,8 +67,10 @@ tape compression feature has no advantage.
Supported Hardware
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Proxmox Backup Server supports `Linear Tape-Open`_ generation 4 (LTO-4)
or later.
Proxmox Backup Server supports `Linear Tape-Open`_ generation 5 (LTO-5)
or later and has best-effort support for generation 4 (LTO-4). While
many LTO-4 systems are known to work, some might need firmware updates or
do not implement necessary features to work with Proxmox Backup Server.
Tape changing is carried out using the SCSI Medium Changer protocol,
so all modern tape libraries should work.