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IBM LTO Ultrium Tape Data Cartridge
Large storage capacity for long-term data preservation
The IBM® LTO Ultrium 9 data cartridge (LTO 9) provides 50% more storage capacity than the previous generation for long-term data preservation and rapid, reliable access to data. 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.
Purchasing LTO data cartridges from IBM gives you peace of mind in sourcing media from a trusted, time-proven tape technology leader.
Discover how the LT0 Ultrium Media can help you manage explosive data growth, sustain rapid, reliable access to data and ensure business resilience.
IBM LTO Ultrium Data Cartridges Family
Benefits
Get 18 TB of native capacity and up to 45 TB of compressed capacity for significantly greater efficiency and performance while reducing the number of cartridges, equipment, space and labor you need.
Get better protection with physical air gap adding a barrier between data and online hackers.
Prevent overwriting and reduce the risk of data loss due to human error with WORM cartridges.
Give users and apps direct access to files from tape without having to rely on third-party apps. This improves data access and can reduce software licensing costs and dependencies.
Tape Cartridges offer AES-56-bit data encryption at rest to ensure data privacy and reduce the risk of data corruption due to virus or sabotage.
Features
Facilitate remote, offline data storage for superior protection from natural or manmade threats that can impact online or on-site data storage. IBM LTO Ultrium data cartridges are compatible with LTO Ultrium tape drives, which offer device-level data encryption to ensure data privacy and reduce the risk of data corruption due to virus or sabotage. The write-once-read-many (WORM) cartridge model stores data in a non-erasable, non-rewritable format to prevent overwriting and reduce the risk of data loss due to human error.
With IBM Storage Archive, the data files are indexed to facilitate search and retrieval using disk-like directory tree structures and drag-and-drop techniques to improve the usability of tape solutions. IBM Storage Archive allows users and applications to directly retrieve files from tape rather than rely on proprietary, third-party apps, thereby significantly enhancing data access and potentially reducing software licensing costs and dependencies.
Ensures compatibility with tape drive and automation products from LTO Ultrium vendors. This solution also reduces your data storage investment risk by using open standards-based tape technology.
Available in rewritable and WORM cartridge models and with custom, as well as blank and RFID-embedded cartridge labels.
Generations
- 18 TB Native
- 45 TB with 2:5:1 data compression
- Rewritable data cartrdige
- WORM
- 12 TB Native
- 30 TB with 2:5:1 data compression
- Rewritable data cartrdige
- WORM
- 6 TB Native
- 15 TB with 2:5:1 data compression
- Rewritable data cartrdige
- WORM
Resources
Visit the IBM System Storage Interoperation Center to see the possibilities the IBM TS2900 Tape Autoloader can offer you.
Find your way through the different generation on LTO Ultrium cartrdiges that best suits your needs
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Deploy up to four stage devices in a 1U space in a 19-inch rack. Enable the performance and capacity enhancements of half-high LTO Ultrium, DVD-RAM or removable disk drives.
The IBM Stand Alone Drive family is a half-height drive with LTO Ultrium 9 technology. Gain 50% more capacity and store up to 45TB of compressed data per cartridge.