subject: Lto Ultrium Tapes Reliable & Most Economical Storage Solution [print this page] The Linear Tape Open or LTO Ultrium technology is a magnetic and an open format tape data storage method introduced by world most recognized computer giant Hewlett Packard, Seagate and IBM. LTO Ultrium tapes are an open technology resources that customers can contact to multiple basis of data storage elements that will be compatible with each other. This is a storage tape with high capacity, fast speed, durability and most economical ever produced. The LTO Ultrium tape format is described as the best and most reliable source of preservation data and it is compatible with all sorts of data storage in all types of data preservation settings. The LTO Ultrium commercially comes in sight in 2000 with LTO-1, since then LTO technology expands to five most productive versions with different capacities, speeds and performance. Every generation of LTO Tapes, gradually improved with advanced technologies and overall performance with reliable basic features and enhanced features.
In the last twelve years LTO backup tapes, Ultrium technology has become more reliable and better choice for many small and medium or even large size data storage networks. LTO1, offers 100-200GB data storage capacity with the 20-40MB/Sec data transfer speed with some very important basic features. The second generation of LTO-2, improved with double data storage capacity with 200-400GB and transfer rate also improved with double rate 40-80MB/Sec with overall improvements and enhanced basic parts. LTO3, provides maximum capacity with 400-800GB through excellent fast and secure 80-160MB/Sec data transfer speed. LTO 3 Cartridges, adopted a new data protection functionality the WORM (Write Once Read Many), which prevent data from unauthorized overwriting, deleting and modification to archival very important and sensitive information.
The RW and WORM cartridge are available separately. LTO 4, enhanced with a newer technique which relate to data protection, a hardware based 256-bit data encryption which prevents data loss and other failure during data transaction from LTO Ultrium drive to the LTO cartridge. Sony LTO 4 tapes, also enhanced with massive data storage capacity with 800-1600GB with faster and more secure data transfer speed of 120-240MB/Sec. LTO5, is the utmost advanced version of LTO although the sixth version is also expected in coming years, LTO-5, offers most impressive and huge data storage capacity not in Gigabytes but in Terabytes 1.5TB native and 3.0TB with compressed data with excellent data transfer speed of 140MB/Sec native and 280MB/Sec compressed. HP LTO tapes, also improved WORM and data encryption AES in LTO 5 with improved performance, reliability and preservation of stored data. All LTO Ultruim tape capacity and speed figure based on 2:1 compression.
There are several factors and technologies are involved in advancements of Ultrium LTO, tape formats including fine materials, design, tough manufacturing standards, digital encoding, compression techniques, Servo system, better data tracks improvements base film quality, durability and LTO Technologys over all performance all these combine features makes the LTO5 tapes, tape more reliable and useful in all sorts of storage environments. All LTO Ultrium data storage tapes are compatible with their respective generation as well backward read and write abilities with previous versions. All five generations of LTO Ultrium tapes with different brands are available at itdevicesonline.com.
LTO Ultrium tape technology based on advanced, reliable, efficient and smart technologies and techniques. LTO tapes offer higher capacities, speed, durability and performance.
