Linear Tape Open Standard 9

Hewlett packard enterprise ibm and quantum control the lto consortium which directs development and manages licensing and certification of media and mechanism manufacturers.

Linear tape open standard 9. Snia linear tape file system format specification now an iso iec standard. Files appear in folders and moving them to and retrieving them from tape is drag and drop easy. Lto 9 linear tape open 9 is a future tape format from the linear tape open consortium. Adherence to linear tape open ultrium 7 standard.

Featuring an open format lto technology allows users to have multiple sources of product and media as well as. Linear tape open lto the lto logo ultrium and the ultrium logo are. It has since been supplanted by lto 6 with planned lto 7 lto 8 lto 9 and lto 10 versions as yet unreleased. Linear tape open lto is a magnetic tape data storage technology originally developed in the late 1990s as an open standards alternative to the proprietary magnetic tape formats that were available at the time.

It s open source and open standard meaning that it s broadly available regardless of which brand of lto tape that you re using. Today lto technology provides the confidence that the file you save can be accessed by a broad range of partners for years to come. Brought to you by the most trusted brands in storage. Lto ultrium often used for backup and archiving is the standard form factor of the lto cartridge developed and released by the consortium.

According to the consortium lto 5 capacity is in the area of 3 terabytes tb with data transfer rates of up to 280. Lto 5 is a tape format from the linear tape open lto consortium released in 2010. 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. The solution also reduces your data storage investment risk by using open standards based tape technology.

Ensure compatibility with lto ultrium 7 vendors tape drive and automation products. Those looking for a doubling of capacity over lto 8 which was the plan according to the group s product roadmap will be disappointed. Linear tape open lto is a magnetic tape data storage technology originally developed in the late 1990s as an open standards alternative to the proprietary magnetic tape formats that were available at the time. It will follow the lto 8 version which launched in 2017.

The three companies behind the linear tape open lto tape standard released the specifications for lto 9 last week. Lto 5 linear tape open 5. Lto 9 specs reveal compromise. September 16 2020 alex woodie.

Also a new initialization feature will allow you to use new lto generation 7 cartridges as lto 8 type.