subject: Lto Ultrium Data Storage Technology Has Huge Impact On Storage Environment [print this page] Magnetic tape has more than sixty years history, IBM was the first company who first time stored data on single reel open format magnetic tape in 1951. This was huge success and further 6~ decades magnetic tape gradually upgraded with different and sizes and shapes. Many manufacturers contributed in magnetic tape advancement and they introduced new technologies enhanced techniques accordingly customers requirements and demands of storage environments. End of 20th century computer advancement and internet introduction again raise the demand of storage challenges. IBM, Hewlett Packard and Seagate (Quantum) developed a magnetic tape format LTO Linear Tape Open in mid 90s, and formed a LTO consortium, major manufacture of magnetic tapes like Sony, TDK, Maxell, Fuji, DELL, Imation, HP, IBM, Quantum and Sun technologies joined this prestigious LTO consortium, which is only authority where they formed design, standards and rules and regulation of LTO tape format, LTO tape is most reliable, efficient, and durable and offers best performance with very low costs. LTO is an Ultrium based technology and fist LTO 1 tape was commercially introduced in year 2000, LTO1 Ultrium, tape offers reliable and excellent basic features with impressive storage capacity, speed and most compact size which is easy to relocate with perfect design.
LTO-1 tape, offers 100-200 GB storage capacity (2:1 compression) with 20-40 MB/Sec data transfer speed with some reliable and permanent features like Memory chip LTO-CM, LTO 1 tape, memory chip has 4KB capacity and holds most of the information about cartridge and offers fast and easy load and un load operation with LTO Ultrium 1 tape drive and auto loaders. In 2003, LTO 2, was initiated with better overall tape quality. LTO-2 tape, doubled storage capacity from LTO 1 with 200-400 GB and betters transfer rate with 40-80 MB/Sec, LTO2 Ultrium tape, also improved casing quality and base film with Ultra fine coating techniques and used small and thinner metal particles which helps to improve tape surface and able to store more data with increased 512 data tracks with 609M tape length. In 2005 LTO 3, was came into market with better overall quality and with some new functions, specially related with data integrity and long term protection. LTO-3 tapes, increased storage capacity with 400-800 GB and data transfer rate with 80-160 MB/Sec. which almost twice from previous LTO2 tape. LTO 3 Ultrium tape, adopted new function WORM (Write Once Read Many) which is for more protection of storage data. WORM function actually helps archival data which is stored in WORM capacity, not allow any type of external interference or modification access and defend the entire archival data. In year 2007 LTO manufactures introduced more reliable and well developed LTO 4 Ultrium tape, with more enhanced technology and much better and improved quality, LTO4, is one of the most requiring LTO storage tape which is increased not only storage capacity but also added some very unique feature which give more protection to storage data.
LTO-4 tape, increased storage capacity with 800-1600 GB and data transfer speed 120-240 MB/Sec, with improved LTO-CM capacity with 8KB and included again WORM function and other basic components with more improvements of base film. LTO 4 tape, increased with data tracks with 896 and tape length 820M with much better tape quality. In 2010 LTO consortium launched LTO-5 Ultrium media, this is most advanced and modern storage tape till this day, this is complete LTO tape with massive storage data, speed, protection, and most reliable durability. LTO 5, massive storage ability makes it most successful media tape and boost LTO tapes overall sale and quality. 1500-3000 GB storage capability is one of the most amazing feature of this LTO 5 tape, with 140-280 MB/Sec data transfer speed. Hardware based AES 256 bit data encryption makes LTO5 Ultrium tape, with ability to protect the archival data with more strength and able to keep for more than 30 years and with thousand of working operation with consistent reliability and efficiency.
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