StoreEver LTO Ultrium Tape Drives

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HPE StoreEver LTO Ultrium Tape Drives
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performance by matching speed of host to keep drives streaming and increase the reliability of the drive and media. HPE LTO
Ultrium half-height drives are designed for server customers in direct attached storage (DAS) environments. For IT organizations
with stringent, long-term data retention requirements, the Ultrium 15000's WORM (Write-Once, Read-Many) data protection
feature offers a simple and secure method for archiving records as part of a compliance solution to meet the toughest of industry
regulations. The Ultrium 15000 tape drives provide investment protection with full read and write backward support with LTO-6
media, and the ability to read LTO-5 cartridges.
HPE StoreEver LTO-6 Ultrium 6250 Tape Drive
The HPE LTO-6 Ultrium 6250 tape drive represents HPE's sixth-generation of LTO tape drive technology capable of storing up to
6.25TB (compressed 2.5:1) per cartridge while providing ease of use with support for LTFS and AES 256-bit hardware data
encryption easy-to-
enable security to protect the most sensitive data and prevent unauthorized access of tape cartridges. Capable
of data transfer rates up to 1.44TB/Hour (compressed 2.5:1), HPE's exclusive Data Rate Matching feature further optimizes
performance by matching speed of host to keep drives streaming and increase the reliability of the drive and media. HPE LTO
Ultrium half-height drives are designed for server customers in direct attached storage (DAS) environments. For IT organizations
with stringent, long-term data retention requirements, the Ultrium 6250's WORM (Write-Once, Read-Many) data protection
feature offers a simple and secure method for archiving records as part of a compliance solution to meet the toughest of industry
regulations. The Ultrium 6250 tape drives provide investment protection with full read and write backward support with LTO-5
media, and the ability to read LTO-4 cartridges.
HPE StoreEver LTO-5 Ultrium 3000 Tape Drive
The HPE LTO-5 Ultrium 3000 represents Hewlett Packard Enterprise's fifth-generation of LTO tape drive technology capable of
storing up to 3TB per cartridge while providing ease of use with support for LTFS and AES 256-bit hardware data encryption
easy-to-enable security to protect the most sensitive data and prevent unauthorized access of tape cartridges. Capable of data
transfer rates up to 1TB/Hour. HPE's exclusive Data Rate Matching feature further optimizes performance by matching speed of
host to keep drives streaming and increase the reliability of the drive and media. HPE LTO Ultrium half-height drives are designed
for server customers in direct attached storage (DAS) environments. For IT organizations with stringent, long-term data retention
requirements, the Ultrium 3000's WORM (Write-Once, Read-Many) data protection feature offers a simple and secure method for
archiving records as part of a compliance solution to meet the toughest of industry regulations. The Ultrium 3000 provides
investment protection with full read and write backward support with LTO-4 media, and the ability to read LTO-3 cartridge.
LTO Ultrium Technology
Linear Tape-Open technology was developed by three leaders in the storage industry - Hewlett
Packard Enterprise, IBM, and Quantum - who brought together their combined expertise in tape
technology to develop an entirely new format based on the best of existing technologies. Because LTO
Ultrium technology was a new format, it required no cumbersome support of legacy formats, so it could
be designed without compromising on reliability or performance. The LTO Program, a consortium of
the three technology provider companies, has developed a well-defined twelve-generation roadmap.
Ultrium LTO-5 and LTO-6 tape drive technologies from Hewlett Packard Enterprise use a linear format
of 1280 tracks and 2176 tracks (respectively), writing sixteen tracks simultaneously. Ultrium LTO-7
and LTO-8 tape drives feature a breakthrough in recording technology by writing thirty-two tracks
simultaneously on a linear format of 3584 tracks and 6656 tracks respectively.. The data is written in a
serpentine pattern; the tape reverses direction after each set of tracks is written. This provides higher
density recording, enabling customers to lower costs and increase efficiency by storing more data on a
single tape in an industry standard format.
The LTO standard for backward compatibility up to generation seven is to write back one generation
and read back two generations; therefore:
• First-generation LTO Ultrium drives (HPE Ultrium 230, HPE Ultrium 232) read and write
LTO-1 media
• Second-generation LTO Ultrium drives (HPE Ultrium 460, HPE Ultrium 448) read and write
LTO-1 and LTO-2 media.
• Third-generation LTO Ultrium drives (HPE Ultrium 920, Ultrium 960) read and write LTO-2
and LTO-3 media and also read LTO-1 media.
• Fourth-generation LTO Ultrium drives (Ultrium 1840, Ultrium 1760) read and write LTO-3