LTO-6 tape with up to 6.25TB capacity ships. Lucas
Mearian. Computerworld. November 26, 2012.
Tape media and drive companies have begun shipping the sixth generation
of linear-tape open (LTO) technology, which like previous generation
upgrades, significantly increases the capacity and data throughput
capabilities for backup and archive applications.
LTO-6 cartridges can hold up to 2.5TB natively or 6.25TB of
compressed data. Compared with previous generation LTO-5 drives and
cartridges, the new LTO-6 cartridges more than double capacity (with
compression) and offer a 40% performance boost. LTO-5 held up to 1.5TB
natively and 3TB of compressed data. The LTO-5 drives had a native data
transfer rate of 200MBps or up to 1TB per hour with 2:1 compression. LTO-6 tapes also include encryption and WORM (write-once, read many)
capabilities that were also offered with the past two generations of LTO
tape drives and media.
LTO-6 drives will provide backward compatibility with the ability to
read and write LTO-5 cartridges and read LTO-4 generation cartridges.
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