{"id":327,"date":"2018-02-21T14:48:24","date_gmt":"2018-02-21T14:48:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.imagestore.co.uk\/latest\/?p=327"},"modified":"2022-02-16T16:19:38","modified_gmt":"2022-02-16T16:19:38","slug":"lto-8-is-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imagestore.co.uk\/latest\/2018\/02\/lto-8-is-here\/","title":{"rendered":"LTO-8 is here"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Quantum_LTO-7-Tape-Drive_600x310_product_hdr\"<\/strong><\/p>\n

LTO-8 is the latest generation of the Ultrium LTO specification.<\/strong>
\nThe technology improvements for LTO-8 tape drives and media have increased capacity, performance, and reliability.
\nThe LTO-8 drive is available in two versions: full-height (FH) and half-height (HH) drive form factors.<\/p>\n

The LTO tape format has become the market-dominating standard for magnetic recording tape drives and media over the
\npast years. The technology has progressed from LTO-1 (2000) and most recently has delivered the latest generation with
\nthe release of LTO-8 (2017).<\/p>\n

COMPARING LTO-7 AND LTO-8 SPECIFICATIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Capacity: 100% increase
\n(30TB \/ 12TB native)
\n\u2022 Performance: 20% increase
\n(compressed transfer rate of 750 MB\/s \/ 360MB\/s native)
\n\u2022 Tape drive durability improvements
\n(flangeless design providing a smoother tape path).
\n\u2022 Media reliability improvements, which are particularly valuable with increasing demands for long-term retention:
\n100x increase in data reliability due to improved bit error rate (BER) and advanced Barium Ferrite (BaFe) media
\n(with 3x the cartridge life expectancy compared to previous LTO generations)<\/p>\n

\"LTO-Roadmap-2017\"<\/p>\n

LTO-8 FULL-HEIGHT VS. LTO-8 HALF-HEIGHT DRIVE FORMATS<\/strong><\/p>\n

There are a few small differences, mostly due to the FH drive having more real estate for the
\ncircuitry and mechanical assemblies. With a larger motor it benefits with faster tape and transfer speeds. It is more robust to shocks, vibrations and tape insertions. FH has a much lower running temperature.<\/p>\n

Although both the FH and HH versions of the tape drive have many common characteristics, there are several
\ndifferences that clearly make the FH drive the better choice for high-duty cycle environments.<\/p>\n

LTO MEDIA<\/strong><\/p>\n

LTO-8 has read\/write performance of up to 300MB\/second and each tape cartridge has a native capacity of 12TB. An LTO-8 drive can read\/write to LTO-7 and LTO-8 tape cartridges. It cannot read\/write to LTO-6 tapes.<\/p>\n

LTO-8 M8 media? An LTO-7 tape formatted to M8 media in an LTO-8 drive results in 9TB of capacity. This is called LTO-8 M8. Only new LTO-7 tapes can be initialized as M8. Once a cartridge is in M8 format it cannot be changed back to a standard 6TB LTO-7 tape. M8 tapes can only be used in an LTO-8 drive as LTO-7 drives are not capable of reading M8.<\/p>\n

If you require any further information or have a requirement then please contact ImageStore on 02380 736500 or email us.<\/a><\/p>\n

We have certain products listed but if your require a Tape Library, a Thunderbolt version then contact us.<\/p>\n

LTO-8 Tape Drives<\/a><\/p>\n

LTO-8 Tape Media<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

LTO-8 is the latest generation of the Ultrium LTO specification. The technology improvements for LTO-8 tape drives and media have increased capacity, performance, and reliability. The LTO-8 drive is available in two versions: full-height (FH) and half-height (HH) drive form factors. The LTO tape format has become the market-dominating standard for magnetic recording tape drives and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":329,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[25,24,26,27],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imagestore.co.uk\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imagestore.co.uk\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imagestore.co.uk\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imagestore.co.uk\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imagestore.co.uk\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=327"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.imagestore.co.uk\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":354,"href":"https:\/\/www.imagestore.co.uk\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327\/revisions\/354"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imagestore.co.uk\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imagestore.co.uk\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imagestore.co.uk\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imagestore.co.uk\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}