Two New Generations of LTO Added to Roadmap

LTO-11 (native 96TB) and LTO-12 (192TB)

This is a Press Release edited by StorageNewsletter.com on February 15, 2018 at 2:28 pm

The LTO Program, initiated by HPE, IBM and Quantum, added two new generations on top of LTO after current LTO-8 (12TB native) and coming LTO-9 (24TB) and LTO-10 (48TB):

LTO-11: 96TB native, 240TB compressed, and
LTO-12: 192TB native, 480TB compressed

LTO Ultrium roadmap

Participants of LTO program
• Atmel
• Fujifilm*
• Hewlett Packard Enterprise*
• IBM*
• Imation
• Maxell
• Mountain Engineering
• NXP Semiconductors
• Quantum*
• Sony*
• Spectra Logic
• TDK
• Teijin Dupont Film
• Toray Industries
* compliance verified manufacturer of LTO Ultrium branded tape drives and cartridges

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