IBM LTO 6 ULTARIUM TAPES 2.5 TB

IBM LTO-6 Ultrium Tape Media 2.5TB/6.25TB Native/Compressed Capacity LTO6 Data Cartridge Part # 00V7590

Performance Overview

IBM Storage Media is pleased to announce the availability of the IBM LTO Ultrium 6 Tape Cartridge, 2.5 TB (native); 6.25 TB (2.5:1 compression).  Highest capacity tape media designed for high reliability and long life! The key features of the IBM LTO-6 tape drive are designed to improve performance and capabilities when compared to the IBM LTO-5, IBM LTO-4 and other vendors tape drives, some of the improvements are:

    • Native data rate of up to 160 MB/s
    • Native data physical capacity of 2500GB
    • The data compression engine improvements- data that compresses with LTO-5 drives at 2:1 should now compress at 2.5:1
    • Faster tape drive mechanism (9 m/s for half height drives) which results in quicker locate and rewind times
    • Support for 8Gb FC and 6Gb SAS connectivity
    • SkipSync Function to provide small file backhitchless flush capability
    • Cache buffer: 1024MB (full height models) and 512MB (half height models)