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 |
