Marketing description

HPE LTO-5 Ultrium media offers the best capacity/performance ratio of any tape technology, with terabyte-class capacity and performance. It has almost double the capacity and offers faster performance compared to LTO-4 Ultrium, with built-in encryption capability and a Write Once Read Many (WORM) option - with no performance overhead. It can write or read data at a blistering 1 TB/hour, storing, encrypting and protecting up to 3 TB on a single cartridge, making it the big hitter in large-scale, 24 x 7, mission-critical IT environments. Standardizing on HPE LTO-5 Ultrium delivers the capacity to meet shrinking backup windows, industry-standard, AES 256-bit encryption (IEEE1619.1), and interchangeable RW or WORM media, without extra space or IT resource overhead.

Key selling points

• Superior "smart grabber" mechanism and mechanical interlock to prevent the leader pin from being pulled inside the tape housing (a key weakness of DLT media)
• Sensors detect proper connection and prevent leader loss that would ruin the tape
• Simplified tape path to reduce wear and tear
• Very low media cost per GB
• LTO cartridge memory in media to improve access time and provide enhanced media monitoring
• Durable cartridge designed to minimize wear and debris (important in automation)
• Custom labeled offerings allow automation customers the ability to customize their label to their specific needs