The prior generation LTO-9 tape cartridges at 18TB native sell for about $90, or about $5/TB. In high volume the LTO-10 tapes should provide even lower prices, perhaps closer to $3/TB native.

Since tape drives typically compress data at a 2 to 1 ratio this means 70 TB of data in a single LTO (linear tape open) cartridge. Current LTO tapes, even with compression, file at about 2 TB per ...

According to a recent study by IDC, more than 4 million LTO drives have been shipped since the beginning of the program. Another key milestone is expected to be met by the end of this quarter as Santa ...

Back then, the cutting-edge was LTO-6 which boasted tape cartridges of 6.25 TB compressed and drives with a 210MBps transfer rate. LTO-9 and LTO-10 were then added on to the list, with LTO-9 supplying ...

Quantum Corporation QMCO has announced full support for LTO Ultrium Generation 10 full-height tape drives across its leading Scalar tape library platforms—including Scalar i7 RAPTOR, Scalar i6 ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The LTO Program Technology Provider Companies (TPCs), HP, IBM and Quantum say the adoption rate ...

The storage capacity of the new LTO Ultrium 6 cartridge is 2.5TB (native) to 6.25TB (compressed), with higher transfer rates of 160 MB/s (native) to 400MB/s (compressed). The LTO Ultrium 6 cartridge ...

TDK Introduces LTO Ultrium 3 Cartridges Featuring Large 400GB Capacity and Fast 80MB/s Transfer Rate; TDK LTO Ultrium 3 Data Cartridge is World's First to Pass Compliance Test.

Last week at SC15, Fujifilm announced that its next-generation LTO Ultrium 7 data cartridge has been qualified by the LTO technology provider companies for commercial production and is available ...

The new system from XenData is the X2500-USB, which writes to high capacity 2.5 TB LTO cartridges. A single LTO cartridge can securely store over 100 hours of compressed HD at 50 Mb/s and XenData said ...