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LTO Ultrium 7, what to Expect

The linear tape open "road map" has been extended to generation 10. Each 2 years a new generation of LTO is intorduced, with Generation 7 LTO-7 scheduled to release by Last quarter of 2015. While its

The linear tape open "road map" has been extended to generation 10. Each 2 years a new generation of LTO is intorduced, with Generation 7 LTO-7 scheduled to release by Last quarter of 2015. While its sure that it would have higher Capacity and transfer rates, it may also have a higher compression ratio.

To cram 16TB data on a single tape cartridge, BaFe ( Barrium ferrite ) would be utilized.  We will have the Generation 7 Media and barcode labels as soon as they become available

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About the Author: Akash Jain

Akash Jain has worked with data storage since 1998. He writes about NAS, hard drives, tape, backup and other storage technologies at The Storage Guy. He is also the creator of TSG EasyDocker, an open-source project for making Docker applications easier to deploy on NAS systems.

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