IBM LTO Ultrium 9 18TB Storage Drive Tape Cartridge 02XW568

IBM LTO Ultrium 9 18TB Storage Drive Tape Cartridge 02XW568

Safely archive your important data with the IBM LTO Ultrium 9 Data Cartridge. This high-capacity tape cartridge has an 18TB native capacity, which can be expanded to 45TB with 2.5:1 compression using compatible drives. Transfer speeds range from up to 400 MB/s at native capacity to 1000 MB/s compressed data rates. WORM (Write-Once-Read-Many) functionality provides you with peace of mind, knowing that your stored data can never be overwritten or tampered with.

With volumes of data growing exponentially—and with no end in sight—the IBM LTO Ultrium data cartridges are designed to help organizations protect and preserve more data for longer periods of time. The latest generation of IBM LTO tape solutions offers, once more, 50% more storage capacity than previous generations for long-term data preservation that provides security as it sustains rapid, reliable access to data and helps ensure business resilience.

Highlights:

• Achieve up to 45TB data storage per cartridge
• Ensure optimal data security
• Support IBM Spectrum Archive data indexes
• Meet Linear Tape-Open (LTO) Ultrium Generation 9 specifications
• Choose between rewritable and write-once, read-many (WORM) models
• Use custom, blank and RFID-embedded cartridge labels

Increased capacity

Rapid data growth compounds the need for increased storage capacity. The ninth generation of LTO Ultrium tape media delivers 18 TB native capacity and up to 45 TB of compressed capacity for significantly greater efficiency and performance. This exceptional capacity helps reduce the number of cartridges and the amount of equipment, space and labor associated with tape-based data storage, enabling an outstanding total cost of ownership (TCO).

Optimal data security

To comply with regulatory requirements and preserve stakeholder trust, organizations must protect data from unauthorized access and unintentional loss. Tape cartridge portability facilitates remote, offline data storage for superior protection from natural or man-made threats that can impact online or on-site data storage. IBM LTO Ultrium 9 data cartridges are compatible with LTO Ultrium 9 tape drives, which offer device-level data encryption to ensure data privacy and reduce the risk of data corruption due to virus or sabotage. The WORM cartridge model stores data in a non-erasable, non-rewritable format to prevent overwriting of stored data and reduce the risk of data loss due to human error.