Capacity of supported LTO tape cartridges
Libraries that are installed with LTO tape drives use LTO tape cartridges.
Table 1 shows the capacity of supported LTO tape cartridges.
Supported tape cartridges | Native capacity | Compressed capacity1, 2 |
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18 TB LTO 9 Data Cartridge (xxxxxxL9) | 18 TB (16.37 TiB) | 45 TB (40.92 TiB) |
18 TB LTO 9 Data WORM Cartridge (xxxxxxLZ) | 18 TB (16.37 TiB) | 45 TB (40.92 TiB) |
12 TB LTO 8 Data Cartridge (xxxxxxL8) | 12 TB (10.91 TiB) | 30 TB (27.93 TiB) |
12 TB LTO 8 WORM Cartridge (xxxxxxLY) | 12 TB (10.91 TiB) | 30 TB (27.93 TiB) |
9 TB LTO M8 Data Cartridge (xxxxxxxM8) 3 | 9 TB (8.18 TiB) | 22.5 TB (20.46 TiB) |
6 TB LTO 7 Data Cartridge (xxxxxxL7) | 6 TB (5.45 TiB) | 15 TB (13.32 TiB) |
6 TB LTO 7 WORM Cartridge (xxxxxxLX) | 6 TB (5.45 TiB) | 15 TB (13.32 TiB) |
2.5 TB LTO 6 Data Cartridge (xxxxxxL6) | 2.5 TB (2.27 TiB) | 6.25 TB (5.68 TiB) |
2.5 TB LTO 6 WORM Cartridge (xxxxxxLW) | 2.5 TB (2.27 TiB) | 6.25 TB (5.68 TiB) |
1.5 TB LTO 5 Data Cartridge (xxxxxxL5) | 1.5 TB (1.36 TiB) | 3 TB (2.73 TiB) |
1.5 TB LTO 5 WORM Cartridge (xxxxxxLV) | 1.5 TB (1.36 TiB) | 3 TB (2.73 TiB) |
800 GB LTO 4 Data Cartridge (xxxxxxL4) | 800 GB (745.06 GiB) | 1600 GB (1490.12 GiB) |
800 GB LTO 4 WORM Cartridge (xxxxxxLU) | 800 GB (745.06 GiB) | 1600 GB (1490.12 GiB) |
400 GB LTO 3 Data Cartridge (xxxxxxL3) | 400 GB (372.53 GiB) | 800 GB (745.06 GiB) |
400 GB LTO 3 WORM Cartridge (xxxxxxLT) | 400 GB (372.53 GiB) | 800 GB (745.06 GiB) |
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