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Ultrium Tape Cartridges
 
Ultrium Generation 1 cartridges store up to 100 gigabytes of uncompressed data. LTO Generation 2 technology doubles that, enabling you to store up to 200 gigabytes of uncompressed data on a single cartridge, or up to 400 gigabytes with 2:1 data compression. StorageTek offers Ultrium tape cartridges via Maxell Corporation.
 
 
Spec Summary
  LTO Generation 2 tape cartridge LTO Generation 1 tape cartridge
Capacity, native (uncompressed): 200 GB; 400 GB (with 2:1 compression) 100 GB; 200 GB (with 2:1 compression)
Tape drive compatibility: LTO Generation 1, LTO Generation 2 LTO Generation 1
 
Archival life: 15 - 30 years 15 - 30 years
 
Applications
Archiving
LTO Ultrium tape drives with Ultrium tape cartridges are a practical choice for archiving growing volumes of business data. Ultrium tape cartridges have high data integrity and long data life to securely retain data over its archived life.
Disaster recovery
LTO Ultrium tape drives and Ultrium tape cartridges are an integral part of site-wide disaster recovery processes that remotely vault data in tape form. Ultrium tape cartridges have high data integrity and long data life to help protect and preserve data in case of data loss.
Backup and restore
Using LTO Ultrium tape drives with Ultrium tape cartridges accelerates backup and restore processes by processing more data in less time. Ultrium tape cartridges promote high data integrity, and their high capacity reduce mount and dismount frequency.
 
Benefits
High durability
StorageTek’s Ultrium tape cartridges are tested for one million tape passes. This high reliability helps keep your data safe and protects your cartridge investments.
Drive compatibility
StorageTek’s Ultrium tape cartridges are compatible with the tape drives from all three of the manufacturers of Ultrium devices.
Reduced costs
The high capacities of these cartridges can help you reduce the number of cartridges to buy and maintain, minimize tape mounts and improve automation efficiency.
 
Features
Standard features:
Lifetime warranty
Through Maxell Corporation, StorageTek provides a lifetime warranty against manufacturing defects for Ultrium media.
Pre-initialization option
StorageTek can provide tape cartridges that are pre-initialized for accelerated integration into your storage solution.
Cartridge labeling
Cartridge labeling and system testing are provided standard for all Ultrium tape data cartridges. This is added value from StorageTek.
Bar-coded number
A unique bar-coded volume/serial (VOLSER) number identifies the tape for the host computer, which then indexes stored files to VOLSER numbers.
 
Specifications
Performance
    LTO Generation 2 tape cartridge LTO Generation 1 tape cartridge
  Tape speed  
  Read and write: 5.9 m/sec
 		 4.0 m/sec
 
  Search and rewind: 7.0 m/sec
 		 7.0 m/sec
 
  Formulation: Metal particle (MP)
 		 Metal particle (MP)
 
  Coercivity: 1850+/-75 Oersteds (147,218 A/m)
 		 1850+/-75 Oersteds (147,218 A/m)
 
  Substrate: Polyethylene naphthalate (PEN)
 		 Polyethylene naphthalate (PEN)
 
  Track-following servo: Factory pre-recorded
 		 Factory pre-recorded
 
  Capacity
    LTO Generation 2 tape cartridge LTO Generation 1 tape cartridge
  Capacity, native (uncompressed): 200 GB; 400 GB (with 2:1 compression)
 		 100 GB; 200 GB (with 2:1 compression)
 
  Availability
    LTO Generation 2 tape cartridge LTO Generation 1 tape cartridge
  Archival life: 15 - 30 years
 		 15 - 30 years
 
  Short-length durability: 5,000 load, unload and initialization cycles
 		 5,000 load, unload and initialization cycles
 
  Long-length durability: 5,000 load, unload and initialization cycles
 		 260 full file passes
 
  Uncorrected bit error rate: 1x10(-17)
 		 1x10(-17)
 
  Permanent errors: 0
 		 0
 
  Compatibility
    LTO Generation 2 tape cartridge LTO Generation 1 tape cartridge
  Tape drive compatibility: LTO Generation 1, LTO Generation 2
 		 LTO Generation 1
 
  Number of tracks: 512
 		 384
 
  Form factor: Half inch
 		 Half inch
 
  Mechanical
    LTO Generation 2 tape cartridge LTO Generation 1 tape cartridge
  Length: 4.02 in (102.0 mm)
 		 4.02 in (102.0 mm)
 
  Depth: 0.85 in (21.5 mm)
 		 0.85 in (21.5 mm)
 
  Weight: 0.463 lb (210.0 g)
 		 0.463 lb (210.0 g)
 
  Width: 4.15 in (105.4 mm)
 		 4.15 in (105.4 mm)
 
  Environmental
    LTO Generation 2 tape cartridge LTO Generation 1 tape cartridge
  Humidity  
  Operating: 20% - 80%
 		 20% - 80%
 
  Storage (up to four weeks): 20% - 80%
 		 20% - 80%
 
  Storage (archive): 20% - 80%
 		 20% - 80%
 
  Shipping: 20%ˇV80%
 		 20%ˇV80%
 
  Temperature (non-condensing)  
  Operating: 50d F to 104d F (10d C to 40d C)
 		 50d F to 104d F (10d C to 40d C)
 
  Storage (up to four weeks):   61d F to 90d F (16d C to 32d C)
 
  Shipping: -10d F to 120d F (-23d C to 49d C)
 		 -10d F to 120d F (-23d C to 49d C)
 
  Wet bulb maximum  
  Storage (up to four weeks): 78d F (26d C)
 		 78d F (26d C)
 
  Storage (archive): 78d F (26d C)
 		 78d F (26d C)
 
  Shipping: 78d F (26d C)
 		 78d F (26d C)
 
  Operating: 78d F (26d C)
 		 78d F (26d C)
 

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