LTO 6 Tape drive

Posted on March 13th, 2014

With LTO Generation 7 on the horizon. I thought it best just to re-emphasize what a great product the LTO 6 tape drive is in today’s market need for a reliable, robust back-up/archive data solution.

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The LTO 6 tape drive is the latest model in a 8 generation roadmap. Each step brings new technology, enhanced design for users demands of higher capacity, better reliability and increased performance.

With a native storage capacity of 2.5TB per data cartridge and native performance up to 0.6TB per hour. The LTO 6 product is ideal for digital media and imaging professionals, including Mac users, who continue to face the challenges of managing, protecting, storing and future proofing growing volumes of digital data generated by:

  • HD/3D/4K television and motion pictures
  • Converting data stored on obsolete video formats
  • Graphic design and media artwork files
  • User-generated video web content
  • File-based acquisition from new video and digital film cameras

When combined with a Fibre Channel to Thunderbolt Bridge the LTO 6  tape drive creates a unique high performance, mobile, backup and archiving solution for Mac users. Media and entertainment customers can now backup video and media content onsite at high speed using LTO 5 or 6  tapes.

With tape’s traditional backup role morphing into archiving and data management, LTO technology has established itself as the industry standard for affordable, reliable and robust data archiving and preservation.

The LTFS (Linear Tape File System) feature will allow users to drag and drop files to and from tape easily and at blistering speeds. LTO tape is finding new ways to enable users to take advantage of all that tape has to offer. For many IT pros, LTO is emerging as a highly cost-effective method of storing large video and image files, managing workflow within the production environment and simplifying archiving tasks, especially in the new 4k revolution.

Tape certainly continues to transform with the times.

For more information contact info@imagestore.co.uk or call us 02380 736500.

More facts on LTO 6:

  • Includes a 16k memory chip (record history and monitor tapes ‘health’).
  • Now made with Barium Ferrite (BaFe) – enhance performance and improve archival life.
  • Write to LTO5, read to LTO4.
  • AES security encryption.
  • LTFS partitioning – drag and drop method simplifying archiving.

 

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