LTO 6 Tape - Ultrium 6 Tapes and LTO6 Data Cartridge

LTO-6 is the sixth generation of LTO tape and has storage for 2.5 TB of raw data, up to 6.25 TB with 2.5:1 compression and transfer rate of 160MB/Sec (this translates to 400MB/second compressed). The impressive increase in tape density will be achieved by utilizing a newly developed magnetic particle and other key advances in manufacturing technology

• LTO 6 Tape will have a capacity of 2.5 TB (uncompressed and up to 6.25TB (assuming a 2.5:1 compression)
• Data transfer speed:  of 160MB/s native and up to 400 MB/s (assuming a 2.5:1 compression)
• Supports LTFS (Linear Tape File System)

LTFS - Linear Tape File System
LTO-6 will continue offering the LTFS tape format that was introduced in LTO-5.  LTFS tapes can now be read by foreign systems without the need for the software that originally created them. This brings flexibility when using LTO-6 as the core of a storage strategy, allowing individual tapes to be transported between systems and environments.

We anticipate stocking LTO 6 tapes from IBM (00V7590), Sony (LTX2500G), HP (C7976A), Quantum (MR-L6MQN-01), Fuji, TDK (62032), Imation (29080) and Maxell.