LTO-9, the latest LTO magnetic tape standard was announced in the Fall of 2020. In the last few weeks the first LTO-9 products became available. LTO 9 tape has a raw capacity of 18TB and compressed ...

MagStor's Thunderbolt 5 LTO drive builds on its 2020 Thunderbolt 3 model TB5 certainly adds speed but what's the real-world benefit for tape? There's no word on pricing, but it's unlikely to be cheap ...

The imminent arrival of the new LTO-7 tape format, details of which were released in September, is proof that tape has yet to breathe its last, despite multiple reports to the contrary. The LTO-7 ...

LTO (linear tape open)-based drives are invigorating the tape storage market. New third-generation LTO drives from Certance and IBM are powering the trend. IBM TotalStorage 3580 Tape Drive Generation ...

The LTO Program (HPE, IBM and Quantum Corporations) released an updated report on LTO magnetic tape shipments out to 2022. LTO tape is an open tape format developed and enhanced by HPE, IBM and ...

SILICON VALLEY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The LTO Program Technology Provider Companies (TPCs), Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company, International Business Machines Corporation, and Quantum Corporation, ...

SILICON VALLEY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, the LTO Program Technology Provider Companies (TPCs), Hewlett Packard Enterprise, IBM and Quantum, announced the specifications of LTO Ultrium format ...

With the introduction of StorageTek LTO 6 Tape Drives, Oracle now offers customers both the latest generation of LTO midrange tape drive technology and the industry's highest capacity enterprise tape ...

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 ...

Just wondering what everyone does in regards to retiring old(er) LTO tape media? Do you junk it after X amount of time being read/written? After X amount of time in general (3 years from purchase date ...