Linear Tape Open Standard 9

Adherence to linear tape open ultrium 7 standard.

Linear tape open standard 9.

Iso iec reinforces confidence in file management system for linear tape open technology. The three companies behind the linear tape open lto tape standard released the specifications for lto 9 last week. Files appear in folders and moving them to and retrieving them from tape is drag and drop easy. Hewlett packard enterprise ibm and quantum control the lto consortium which directs development and manages licensing and certification of media and mechanism manufacturers.

Also a new initialization feature will allow you to use new lto generation 7 cartridges as lto 8 type. Snia linear tape file system format specification now an iso iec standard. Lto 5 linear tape open 5. It will follow the lto 8 version which launched in 2017.

With the recent release of the linear tape open 9 lto 9 standard tape drives with increased capacity and speed should be available soon but that doesn t mean users of tape drives should. The solution also reduces your data storage investment risk by using open standards based tape technology. According to the consortium lto 5 capacity is in the area of 3 terabytes tb with data transfer rates of up to 280. Lto 9 specs reveal compromise.

It s open source and open standard meaning that it s broadly available regardless of which brand of lto tape that you re using. Lto 9 linear tape open 9 is a future tape format from the linear tape open consortium. September 16 2020 alex woodie. Linear tape open lto the lto logo ultrium and the ultrium logo are.

Ensure compatibility with lto ultrium 7 vendors tape drive and automation products. Linear tape open lto is a magnetic tape data storage technology originally developed in the late 1990s as an open standards alternative to the proprietary magnetic tape formats that were available at the time. Today lto technology provides the confidence that the file you save can be accessed by a broad range of partners for years to come. Linear tape open lto is a magnetic tape data storage technology originally developed in the late 1990s as an open standards alternative to the proprietary magnetic tape formats that were available at the time.

It has since been supplanted by lto 6 with planned lto 7 lto 8 lto 9 and lto 10 versions as yet unreleased. Hewlett packard enterprise ibm and quantum control the lto consortium which directs development and manages licensing and certification of media and mechanism manufacturers. Those looking for a doubling of capacity over lto 8 which was the plan according to the group s product roadmap will be disappointed. Using linear tape open lto tapes formatted with the linear tape file system ltfs the tape can be accessed on your computer just like a hard drive or ssd.

Lto 5 is a tape format from the linear tape open lto consortium released in 2010.