OWC Mercury Pro LTO Desktop Tape Drive With Thunderbolt 3, DisplayPort 1.4 Port and 3.5-Inch Drive Bay

OWC (Other World Computing, Inc.) announces the Mercury Pro LTO.

It provides a solution for data management/storage/transportation/archive strategy.

M&E professionals, corporations, government branches, and small businesses face the same challenge: how to manage an increasing amount of more complex data. Higher resolution, complex audio, and diverse formats are the project norm. Organizational content is projected to grow 50-70% annually as more data is digitalized. Licensing and regulatory compliance requirements are becoming more stringent. The Mercury Pro LTO provides end performance data integrity and utilizes industry standard Thunderbolt (Type-C) providing plug and play on Thunderbolt 3 and future Thunderbolt 4 equipped computers.

Mercury Pro LTO rear

Archiving made drag and drop
There’s a priceless familiarity in using LTO to protect data. Using archiving LTO tapes formatted with the LTFS, the tape can be accessed on computer just like a HDD or SSD. Files appear in folders and moving them to and retrieving them from tape is drag and drop easy. And compatibility has been simpler thanks to LTFS, LTO tapes can read from a Mac, PC, or Linux system, so there’s no extra software to buy or proprietary hardware concerns.

Advanced yet future-ready
Because LTFS is an open, cross-platform system, and LTO tape is the dominant archiving medium that has continued to advance since being introduced in 2000. You can be confident to access data with any brand of LTO hardware for decades to come. The Mercury Pro LTO uses the 12TB LTO-8 tapes, the previous gen 6TB LTO-7 tapes, and designed to use future release LTO-9 drives.

Highlights:

Store more: up to 12TB native/30TB⁽¹⁾ compressed storage capacity per tape cartridge

Flexible: built-in IBM-LTO-8 drive reads and writes LTO-8 and LTO-7 tapes
Store longer: up to 30-year tape longevity
Instant ROI: Cost storage format as low as $0.02/GB and up to 50x less costly than online storage
LTFS compatible: archive files/folders with drag and drop ease
Interface: mount, format, and backup to an LTO tape and HDD simultaneously via included myLTO app, a $299 value
Secure: supports AES 256-bit encryption
Compliance ready: supports WORM cartridges required by legal/regulatory record keeping
Fast tape creation: up to 360MB/s native/900MB/s⁽¹⁾ compressed transfer rates
Configurable drive bay: add an optional 2.5/3.5-inch HDD or SSD for up to 16TB ‘staging’ capacity
Expansive: second Thunderbolt 3 port for adding up to five additional Thunderbolt devices or a choice of a USB-C or DisplayPort device
See more: DisplayPort 1.4 for connecting up to an 8K display ⁽²⁾
Charge while working: 85W of notebook charging
Transportable: Compact form factor with built-in handles for moving between set and studio
Complete: Includes LTO-8 12TB data tape, cleaning cartridge, and Thunderbolt cable
Worry-free: up to 5-tear limited warranty with lifetime US-based support

Lower lifetime costs with greater life expectancy
A 10-year TCO study performed by the Enterprise Strategy Group comparing the costs of long-term storage on disk, LTO tape, and cloud had a staggering revelation: LTO tape-based archiving provides a 577% ROI! That’s because LTO-tape offers the lowest cost per terabyte storage format and the longest life expectancy.

Includes myLTO software – A $299 value free
The myLTO software makes the company’s Mercury Pro LTO an easy and reliable solution is the included myLTO application from Imagine Products, Inc. Through its drag-and-drop interface, the software gives archive options like queuing multiple copies with copy verification notification. You can create customized reports with thumbnails and metadata to locate files after archival. Fast and safe, myLTO uses checksum technology for guaranteed accuracy throughout the copy process.

The Mercury Pro LTO is available to order from the company’s webstore for $4,499 and includes the myLTO software, LTO-8 tape and cleaning cartridge. Additional solutions up to 16TB are also available.

⁽¹⁾ 30TB/900MB/s with 2.5:1 data compression
⁽²⁾ Full DisplayPort 1.4 capabilities depends on host computer support of DisplayPort 1.4 spec through its Thunderbolt 3 connection, host computer GPU capabilities, and connecting cable capabilities.
⁽³⁾ Apple Mac models with Thunderbolt and Thunderbolt 2 ports can connect to the OWC Mercury Pro LTO by using the Apple Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) to Thunderbolt 2 Adapter (sold separately).

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