LTO-9 (2024)

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LTO-9

LTO Tape Addresses Massive Data Growth and Security

LTO-9 capacity, density, and performance continue to build on the value of the LTO standard and lead the market in preserving and protecting data to address massive growth in unstructured data. LTO continues to be the ideal storage medium for archiving and ransomware protection and recovery.

Quantum’s LTO media delivers reliability, cost, and security. To meet compliance for long-term data retention, LTO tape effectively meets your archive needs so that your data is not only secured from internal or external threats, but readily available and easily recoverable when needed. You can rely on LTO media to provide the lowest TCO to help your financial business objectives, capacity demands, and security requirements.

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LTO-9 Capacity

Quantum LTO-9 offers the latest in LTO technology and delivers increased tape cartridge capacity with up to 18 TB (45 TB* compressed).

LTO-9 includes features, such as multi-layer security support via hardware-based encryption, WORM (Write-Once, Read-Many) functionality and support for Linear Tape File System (LTFS), and are fully read and write compatible with LTO-8 cartridges.

*Assumes 2.5:1 compression

Featured Benefits

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Increased Performance

With 18 TB of raw and up to 45 TB* of compressed capacity, and a full-height drive performance of up to 1,000 MB/sec (3.6 TB/Hr.) compressed transfer rate (400 MB/sec. native), LTO-9 dramatically reduces the floor space required to store long-term data and meet the demands of your business.

*Assumes 2.5:1 compression

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Mitigate Ransomware, Data Loss and Corruption

LTO provides the most efficient long-term archive, for offline and “air-gapped” data storage for the ultimate tier of data protection.

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Lowest-Cost Storage

TCO Comparison against other long-term storage media shows LTO remains the low-cost leader that enables flexible scalability to match your data growth projections.

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Flexibility

LTO continues to provide an open tape storage format that offers the security and flexibility needed in today’s cyber climate. LTO-9 can format new and unused LTO-8 tapes (R/W) and will be compatible with LTO-10 drives.

Tape: Security Against Cyber Threats

We know cyberattacks targeting backups is a concern. Business interruption, loss of revenue, and reputational damages are the results of successful ransomware attacks. Criminals are persistent and play a vigilante role staying close to your network, learning everything they need to bypass and eventually destroy your network-connected backups—locally or in cloud storage.

In addition, as ransomware costs continue to increase, organizations are looking for cost-effective solutions to keep their data secure and cost-effective. The downtime associated with these cyber events is painful, increasing 200% year-over-year, becoming tougher to recover from.

Tape is inherently secure because data is stored offline, making it a proven solution against modern cyberattacks. It’s your last line of defense since criminals can’t delete or encrypt what they can’t access over a network.

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LTO-9 (2024)

FAQs

How many TB per hour is LTO 9? ›

With 18 TB of raw and up to 45 TB* of compressed capacity, and a full-height drive performance of up to 1,000 MB/sec (3.6 TB/Hr.) compressed transfer rate (400 MB/sec. native), LTO-9 dramatically reduces the floor space required to store long-term data and meet the demands of your business.

How long does it take to calibrate LTO 9? ›

A: The LTO-9 media cartridge calibration time typically averages between 35 to 52 minutes per first load, but it could take as long as 2 hours.

How fast is LTO-8 compared to LTO 9? ›

The capacity of an LTO-9 tape is 18TB, a 50% increase over LTO-8's capacity. This increase in capacity enables a 50% increase in storage space using the same number of tape slots. The data transfer speed of LTO-9 has increased by 11% over that over LTO-8, from 360MBps to 400MBps.

What is the write speed of LTO 9? ›

The LTO 9 tape drive boasts an uncompressed data transfer rate of up to 400 MBps with 2.5:1 compression. Data transfer rate may vary depending on host usage and interface utilization -- up to 700 MBps for 8 Gbps FC and up to 900 MBps for 12 Gbps SAS interface -- for full-high (FH) tape drives.

What is the lifespan of LTO-9? ›

The lifespan of data stored on LTO tape is usually quoted as 30 years.

Can LTO-9 read LTO-7? ›

This read backwards two generations ended with LTO-8, meaning that an LTO-8 drive will read and write LTO-8 and LTO-7 tapes, but cannot read LTO-6 tape. Likewise, an LTO-9 drive will read and write LTO-9 and LTO-8 tapes, but will not read LTO-7.

Is calibration worth the money? ›

A good calibration will get it the rest of the way, making your TV look as good as possible. With most TVs hiring a pro won't make a huge difference, but if you want assurance that your new TV looks its best, it might be worth the price for you.

How much error is acceptable in calibration? ›

0,5% MPE – theory and practice

MPE (Max Permissible Error) indicates the maximum permissible error for a calibration. A 1/3 MPE indicates that the uncertainty level of a laboratory must be lower/better than 1/3 of the MPE.

What happens if calibration is wrong? ›

Producing poor quality products is one of the risks of not properly calibrating your equipment. Inaccurate measurements will negatively affect your production process. Uncalibrated equipment has bad temperature regulation which can lead to wear and tear on products, spoiled food, or melted plastic casings.

What is the life expectancy of LTO 8 tape? ›

LTO Data Cartridge Life Expectancy

As of when this article was written, LTO-8 is the most recent generation and boasts a compressed storage capacity of 30 terabytes with a compressed transfer rate of 750 MB/sec. Most manufacturers estimate that LTO tapes will provide dependable data storage for 15-30 years.

How fast is a tape drive? ›

Existing enterprise and mid-range tape drives typically transfer data at about 100 - 150 MB/s. Compression ratios up to 2:1 are often achieved in these systems so that performance increases to 200 – 300 MB/s. Even with compression, these systems only require a 4Gb SCSI FCP interface to maintain sustained performance.

What is the difference between LTO-9 half height and full height? ›

As you can see the primary difference between LTO-9 Full-Height and Half Height drives is the performance, with the Full Height drive providing an extra 100MB/Sec of throughput with LTO-9 media and giving an extra 60MB/Sec with LTO-8 media in a Full Height LTO-9 drive.

What is the native capacity of LTO-9? ›

The ninth generation of LTO Ultrium tape media delivers 18 TB native capacity and up to 45 TB of compressed capacity for even greater efficiency and performance.

What is the capacity of LTO-9 tape media? ›

The ninth generation of LTO Ultrium tape media delivers 18 TB native capacity and up to 45 TB of compressed capacity for even greater efficiency and performance.

What is the capacity of LTO tape? ›

The latest LTO tape format, LTO9, has the highest capacity at 18TB/cartridge (with a transfer rate of 400MB/s).

What is the throughput of LTO-8? ›

LTO-8 features a performance increase from 300 MBps to 360 MBps for the uncompressed data transfer rate and from 700 MBps to 750 MBps compressed.

What is the data rate of LTO-7? ›

An LTO-7 cartridge offers 15 terabytes of compressed capacity, sustained data transfer rates of up to 750 megabytes per second for compressed data, uncompressed capacity of 6 TB and an uncompressed transfer rate of 300 MBps.

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