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IBM LTO Tape Hits Milestone. Millionth drive ships from supply center in Singapore.
As announced in a recent press release, IBM tape technology has shipped its one millionth Linear Tape-Open (LTO) tape drive worldwide. The milestone drive was shipped from IBM's supply center in Singapore. LTO tape drives work across multiple platforms to help lower energy costs and enable streamlined archive solutions. Join the million and more customers who enjoy the advantages of IBM's LTO tape drives. Request a quote on an LTO solution to meet your backup, archiving, and data retention needs.
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IBM LTO technology includes encryption on the drive
IBM’s unrivaled tape encryption functionality is now incorporated into several models of the IBM Ultrium Linear Tape-Open (LTO) GEN 4 tape drives. IBM Ultrium LTO 4 tape drives offer performance of up to 240MB* per second data rate and increased cartridge capacity up to 1.6TB*, and also provide improved management functions, reduced space consumption, improved storage consolidation and enhanced library utilization - in addition to the speed and reliability of on-the-drive tape encryption.
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New products
New and enhanced IBM System Storage tape storage products, based on the LTO 4 standard are:
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IBM LTO 4 Drive with 120 MB/sec native data transfer rate and 800 GB native capacity.
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Tape storage library available with one LTO 4 drive with either LVD SCSI, 4Gb Fibre Drive, or new 3Gbps dual port SAS.
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Tape storage library available with up to two LTO 4 drives with either LVD SCSI, 4Gb Fibre, or 3Gbps dual port SAS.
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Tape storage library available with up to 321 TB native storage slot capacity (30 to 402 LTO storage slots) and up to 18 LTO 4 4Gb Fibre or dual port SAS hot-swappable tape drives.
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Tape storage library with modular, scalable design features and Multi-Path architecture; scales up to 16 frames, 192 tape drives, and over 6,000 cartridge slots for up to 10PB of capacity.
 
 
 
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