The most popular form of magnetic tapes are the LTO backup tape cartridges. Linear Tape-Open LTO is an open-format tape storage technology developed by Hewlett-Packard HP, International Business Machines IBM, Certance Seagate now Quantum to provide a clear and viable choice in an increasingly complex array of tape storage options. LTO technology is an open format technology, which means that users will have multiple sources of product and media. The open nature of LTO technology also provides a means of enabling compatibility between different vendor’s offerings. The new tape versions uses new WORM write once/ read many tape technology wins over other storage options. The high-capacity implementation of LTO technology is known as the LTO Ultrium format. Ultrium requires less rack/floor space, as compared to the disks. The Maxell LTO-2 has native capacity of 200GB. Maxell lto2 183850 has compressed capacity of 400GB. The maxell lto2 has tape length of 609m, and the recording standard is Ultrium 2.
LTO tape media products and versions are lto1 tape, lto2 tape, lto3 tape, lto4 tape, lto barcode label, lto cartridge memory reader, lto cleaning cartridge and lto empty case. lto5 and lto6 are under development and will be available in future. The LTO backup tape brands available are Sony backup tape cartridge, Quantum tape, TDK tape cartridge, HP backup tape cartridge, IBM backup tape, Sun backup tape cartridge, Fuji backup tape, Maxell backup tape cartridge, and Imation backup tape cartridge.
The parts available are mr-l1mqn-01, 183800, 16598, 26220001, HP LTO2, TDK LTO2, 26230010, C7973A, MR-L3MQN-01, HP LTO3, maxell lto4, 26592, turtle 4623, turtle4623, turtle-4623, MR-LUCQN-01, 08L9120, 16598, 26220001, D2405-LTO2AX , MR-L2MQN-01, travan tapes, VXA tapes, dat72, HP LTO2, 183900, C7973A , MR-L3MQN-01 , lto4 , HP LTO4, TDK LTO4, Sony LTO4, 26592, LTX800G , dlt-iv tape, 26200014, MR-LUCQN-01, Blu-ray Disc , 26162, 26165, SONY blu ray disk , BNR50RH , BNE25AHE , BNR25AHE , TDK blu-ray blank , VERBATIM blu-ray blank dvd , 95357, 95358, 95359. hp lto1 tape, C7971a, 08L9870 , maxell lto2, 183850, 26220001, 94527, C7972A, D2405-LTO2AX , LTX200G, lto2, Sony LTO2, 183900, 26230010, C7973A , LTX400GWW , Sony LTO3, lto-4 tape, fuji lto4, Sony LTO4, 183906, 26247007, dlt-iv tape, 15931, 08L9124 , C7978A, hp lto1 tape, C7971a, 08L9870 , maxell lto2, 183850, 26220001, 94527, C7972A D2405-LTO2AX , LTX200G, lto2, Sony LTO2, 183900, 26230010, C7973A LTX400GWW , Sony LTO3, lto-4 tape, fuji lto4, Sony LTO4, 183906, 26247007, dlt-iv tape, 15931, 08L9124 , C7978A
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