Description

HP LTO-8 Ultrium RW Data Cartridge can write or read data at a blistering 2.7 TB/hour, storing, encrypting and protecting up to 30 TB on a single cartridge, making it ideal for large-scale, 24 x 7, mission-critical IT environments (assumes 2.5:1 compression). Tape is more reliable than Enterprise SATA disk. With a BER of 1×10 to the power of 19 for HP LTO-8 versus 1×10 to the power of 15 for Enterprise SATA HDD’s. That’s a difference in reliability of four orders of magnitude – e.g. tape is 10,000 times more reliable than Enterprise SATA HDD. By doubling the native capacity of HP LTO-6 Tapes, Hewlett Packard Enterprise customers now require fewer data cartridges to meet their storage needs, importantly reducing their IT costs and increasing their ROI.

HP LTO 8 Technical Specifications

 

Capacity	3 TB; Compressed 2:1; Supported
Media capacity compressed	30 TB
Media labeling	Write-on Labels in box
Media capacity native	12 TB
Bit density	525 kbits/inch
Data tracks	6656
Tape width	0.49803 in
Tape width	12.65 mm
Media durability	1,000,000 passes on any area of tape, equates to over 20,000 end to end passes/260 full tape backups
Media format	Re-Writable
Tape length	960 m
Base material	Metal Particle
Tape thickness	5.6 um
Drive compatibility url	HP LTO Cartridge Media Compatibility Matrix
Magnetic coercivity	2300 Oe
Read speed, media	700 MB/sec
Recording technology	LTO-8 Ultrium
Archival life	30 years
Environmental Information
Day-to-day storage temperature	16° to 32° C
Operating maximum wet bulb temperature	26° C
Storage humidity	20 to 60% (Archival)
Physical information
Weight	0.27 kg
Dimensions (W x D x H)	2.79 x 11.1 x 11.3 cm
Color	Green