Description

IBM LTO Ultrium 4 800 GB Data Cartridge

Highlights

• High-capacity, high-reliability tape cartridge for LTO™ Ultrium™ Generation 4 storage environments
• Provides 800 GB storage physical capacity (1.6 TB with 2:1 compression)
• Available in rewritable and write once, read many cartridge (WORM) models
• Data that is encrypted by LTO Ultrium 4 drives can be stored on both rewritable and WORM media to securely maintain data integrity
• Designed to help improve read/write reliability by storing IBM’s statistical media read/write analysis on every use of the cartridge when using IBM LTO tape drives
• Designed to adhere to widely supported Linear Tape-Open™ (LTO) Ultrium 4 design specifications
• Higher capacity per volume requires less library cartridge capacity and helps reduce backup windows by requiring less volume mounts
• Designed to help improve read/write reliability by storing IBM’s statistical media read/write analysis on every use of the cartridge when used with IBM LTO tape drives
• Designed to adhere to widely supported Linear Tape-Open (LTO) Ultrium design specifications

High-capacity media for data storage growth

IBM is delivering high-capacity LTO Generation 4 media that helps provide clients the ability to address the demanding growth in data storage.

Increased cartridge capacity helps reduce the amount of equipment, space and human intervention required for daily tape operations. In addition, it helps reduce the number of cartridges and time associated with backup and restore operations, thus helping lower operational costs.

Features you need

With the IBM LTO Ultrium 4 800 GB Data Cartridge, IBM continues to focus on providing high quality, high-reliability tape technology for your business. Clients can further protect data by using this high capacity cartridge with LTO 4 encryption enabled drives. These cartridges continue to be part of a long line of IBM data cartridges designed to improve data integrity for organizations around the world.

The cartridges have been optimized and tested extensively for use in IBM LTO tape drives and libraries to help maximize performance, minimize data loss and improve data longevity. They are designed to withstand rigors of normal use in stand-alone and automated environments. Each cartridge is embedded with an LTO Cartridge Memory (LTO-CM) chip, which is designed to enable fast, simultaneous transfer of cartridge-dependent data with IBM tape drives during media load and unload cycles. The green cartridge color helps distinguish it from previous generations of IBM LTO Ultrium Media.

The IBM LTO Ultrium 4 800 GB Data Cartridge can be used in products featuring LTO Generation 4 tape technology. As your storage needs grow, your data cartridge can continue providing value to help maximize your investment.