Durability has a name: LTO tape

With LTO-8, however, Fujifilm's engineers succeeded in increasing the recording density of LTO technology by using barium ferrite magnetic particles (BaFe) and NANOCUBIC technology. They were not only able to increase the capacity, but also the data transfer rate to 750 MB/s (uncompressed).

But it is not only the tapes themselves that offer technical refinements. Their housings - the actual LTO Ultrium cartridge - for example, have built-in EEPROMs and RFID tags for unique identification. This means that each cartridge can be found again quickly. Another advantage is that special WORM (Write Once Read Many) tapes can be protected against overwriting and modification by the firmware stored in the chips. This means that once a tape has been saved, it is retained in perpetuity. The developers have also integrated 256-bit AES encryption from LTO-4 onwards.

For navigating on the large tapes, a separate file system, Linear Tape File System (LTFS), was implemented in the fifth generation. This enables backup applications such as Archiware P5 to directly access files on the tape. The backup software thus directly controls the drive and rewinds the magnetic tape to the appropriate location.

Your security through our commitment with LTO 9

Since the LTO roadmap not only includes an increase in capacity, but also stipulates downward compatibility for at least one generation (in reading even two generations), the preservation of your data is guaranteed for decades. We even supply important predecessor versions - currently LTO-4 to LTO-8.

Of course, this also applies if you book the LTO option for the servers or storages you commission. We can provide you with internal and external single drives as well as large systems with automatic changeover: the autoloaders or libraries. And of course we also keep an eye on maintenance: You can also obtain a suitable LTO cleaning cartridge from us.