QU80000318

800-0031-8

Qualstar

Storage requirements have inevitably grown alongside rising data volumes in today's information-driven enterprises. Besides primary storage, backups have become increasingly important for disaster recovery and regulatory compliance. The LTO-8 Ultrium Fiber Channel 8 Gb/s Tape Drive from Qualstar answers those business needs by incorporating the latest generation of LTO technology that will help organizations handle the growing data demands of modern tape use cases like big data, cloud computing, Internet of Things (IoT), media and entertainment, digital video surveillance, active file archiving and, of course, for backup. LTO-8 provides even higher capacity than the previous generation. For small and mid-sized businesses requiring backup and low-cost archival storage of data, LTO-8 is an excellent tape-storage solution, providing a physical storage capacity of up to 12TB per cartridge (native) or 30TB per cartridge (with 2.5:1 compression). The drive boasts an uncompressed data transfer rate of up to 360 MB/s and up to 750 MB/s with 2.5:1 compression with 8 Gb/s Fiber Channel interface connectivity. HighlightsNone Provide long-term backup and archival storage for data while lowering overall storage costsNone Simplify data management with IBM Spectrum Archive utilizing IBM Linear Tape File System (LTFS) technologyNone Store up to 30TB (compressed) per cartridge, which is twice the capacity of previous generation LTO cartridgesNone Help meet compliance requirements with data encryption and write-once, read-many (WORM) supportAdvanced Features The LTO-8 8 Gb/s Fiber Channel interface enables it to connect to a wide spectrum of open-system servers. The LTO Ultrium 8 tape media provides partitioning support, which, in conjunction with LTFS or other third-party software programs, provides users with file-level access to tape data. This support helps users quickly locate and update information on the tape media. LTO Ultrium 8 technology is also designed to natively support data encryption, with core hardware encryption and decryption capabilities resident in the LTO Ultrium 8 tape drive itself.Software Support Management solutions such as IBM Spectrum Protect or third-party storage management software can extend the power of LTO-8. Archiving enables storage of digital assets for the long term, so assets can be referenced and monetized for years to come. IBM Spectrum Archive supports the tape-oriented LTFS and helps reduce complexity by enabling a graphical user interface to the tape drive's contents using the operating system file manager. These features together help make tape-based data as easy to find and access as disk- or flash-based data. In addition, LTFS-capable tape drives are designed to be interchangeable among compatible LTO tape drives and supported operating systems, so administrators do not have to worry about hardware or software compatibility. With LTFS, managers can quickly access, store or archive files on tape, and transport files to and from different locations in a very easy to use format.Media LTO-8 Tape Drive supports the LTO Consortium compressed specification for LTO Ultrium 8, offering up to 30TB of data storage per cartridge (12TB native), which is twice the compressed capacity of the previous LTO Ultrium 7 cartridges. In addition to reading and writing to LTO Ultrium 8 tape cartridges, LTO-8 can read and write to LTO Ultrium 7 cartridges. LTO-8 supports the self-describing features of LTO tape cartridges for operational simplicity.