Linear Tape Open Standard 9

Featuring an open format lto technology allows users to have multiple sources of product and media as well as.

Linear tape open standard 9.

Adherence to linear tape open ultrium 7 standard. Brought to you by the most trusted brands in storage. With the recent release of the linear tape open 9 lto 9 standard tape drives with increased capacity and speed should be available soon but that doesn t mean users of tape drives should. Hewlett packard enterprise ibm and quantum control the lto consortium which directs development and manages licensing and certification of media and mechanism manufacturers.

Files appear in folders and moving them to and retrieving them from tape is drag and drop easy. It will follow the lto 8 version which launched in 2017. According to the consortium lto 5 capacity is in the area of 3 terabytes tb with data transfer rates of up to 280. Those looking for a doubling of capacity over lto 8 which was the plan according to the group s product roadmap will be disappointed.

Also a new initialization feature will allow you to use new lto generation 7 cartridges as lto 8 type. Using linear tape open lto tapes formatted with the linear tape file system ltfs the tape can be accessed on your computer just like a hard drive or ssd. It has since been supplanted by lto 6 with planned lto 7 lto 8 lto 9 and lto 10 versions as yet unreleased. September 16 2020 alex woodie.

Today lto technology provides the confidence that the file you save can be accessed by a broad range of partners for years to come. The three companies behind the linear tape open lto tape standard released the specifications for lto 9 last week. Hewlett packard enterprise ibm and quantum control the lto consortium which directs development and manages licensing and certification of media and mechanism manufacturers. Snia linear tape file system format specification now an iso iec standard.

Linear tape open lto the lto logo ultrium and the ultrium logo are. Iso iec reinforces confidence in file management system for linear tape open technology. The solution also reduces your data storage investment risk by using open standards based tape technology. Lto 9 linear tape open 9 is a future tape format from the linear tape open consortium.

It s open source and open standard meaning that it s broadly available regardless of which brand of lto tape that you re using. Ensure compatibility with lto ultrium 7 vendors tape drive and automation products. Lto 5 linear tape open 5. Lto 9 specs reveal compromise.

Lto ultrium often used for backup and archiving is the standard form factor of the lto cartridge developed and released by the consortium.