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Benefit from Low Cost Yet Long-Term Data Storage Solutions with RDX LTO Tape
Invest in a data loss prevention tool like RDX’s LTO Tape
Overland-Tandberg’s LTO Media ensures the availability and security of your data. With over 105 Exabytes of total capacity shipped in 2020, LTO media provides the absolute lowest cost per gigabyte and highest reliability for long-term data storage when compared with alternative archive media.
Overland-Tandberg’s “best in class” data storage and archive solutions has enabled organizations of all sizes to securely manage and protect their digital assets. Its superior technologies and services expertise translate into data management solutions that are powerful, yet easy to use.
Choose LTO Tape Technology Today
Protection is the most significant part of a data management plan. Today’s business environments rely on the availability and access to digital assets. LTO tape technology is the industry standard for superior offline reliability and lowest overall cost of storage.
LTO Ultrium meets modern workflow performance and capacity requirements.
LTO’s twelve-generation roadmap supports future storage requirements for replication, backup, and archive.
Overland-Tandberg branded LTO Ultrium tape media cartridges and cleaning cartridges are recommended for use with all Overland-Tandberg LTO tape drives, tape autoloaders and tape libraries.
Overland-Tandberg LTO tape media ensures the availability and security of your data. With over 25,000PB (25 Exabytes) of data stored on LTO media worldwide, LTO media provides the absolute lowest cost per gigabyte and highest reliability for long-term data storage when compared with alternative archive media.
Ensure Data Retention and Archiving Compliance with These Key Features
Overland-Tandberg’s LTO Tape comes in different types, but all are packed with the following key features:
High capacity, with as much as 45TB of compressed data stored on each LTO cartridge
Integrated cartridge memory for enhanced drive performance, holds information usable by applications and aids serviceability
The durable cartridge reduces damage during transport, enriching the media reliability
A variety of choices of media types and services, including custom barcode labeling
Supports businesses that require solutions for regulatory compliance in data retention and archiving
Designed for a 30-year archival life and 260 full tape backups
Comparison Table
See the difference between each LTO Tape types in this comprehensive table.
| Tape Format | LTO-6 | LTO-7 | LTO-8 | LTO-9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Native Capacity | 2.5TB | 6TB | 12TB | 18TB |
| Cartridge Color: | Purple | Dark Blue | Green | Light Blue |
| Are Barcode Labels Included? | Yes | |||
| Cartridge Weight | 0.65 lbs. | |||
| Temperature (Operating) | 10°-45° C | |||
| Humidity (Operating) | 10 to 80% | |||
| Storage Temperature | 16°-32° C | |||
| Storage Humidity | 20-80% | |||
| Durability (Nominal) | 1,000,000 passes on any area of tape, equates to over 20,000 end-to-end passes/260 full tape backups | |||
| Archival Life | 30 years | |||
| Warranty | Limited Lifetime | |||
Tape Drive/Media Compatibility Matrix
| Media | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LTO-9 | LTO-8 | LTO-7 | LTO-6 | LTO-5 | LTO-4 | LTO-3 | LTO-2 | LTO-1 | |
| LTO-9 | R/W | R/W | |||||||
| LTO-8 | R/W | R/W | |||||||
| LTO-7 | R/W | R/W | Read | ||||||
| LTO-6 | R/W | R/W | Read | ||||||
| LTO-5 | R/W | R/W | Read | ||||||
| LTO-4 | R/W | R/W | Read | ||||||
| LTO-3 | R/W | R/W | Read | ||||||
| LTO-2 | R/W | R/W | |||||||
| LTO-1 | R/W | ||||||||
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