Quantums LTO-5 FH tape drive is a 5.25" full-height tape drive that delivers tremendous capacity & performance at an affordable price. In addition, it uses less power on average than LTO-4 drives, making it a "greener" & more energy efficient solution. The drive uses the latest industry-standard interface to allow for easy installation & integration into your data center. Quantums LTO-5 FH tape drives also protect your investment by providing backward read & write compatibility with LTO-4 media & backward read compatibility with LTO-3 media. & with Quantums LTO-5 FH drives, you can be assured of security with AES 256-bit data encryption. Encryption on LTO-5 FH tape drives is hardware based, allowing for the highest level of security without any loss of performance during the encryption process. In addition, LTO-5 FH is WORM capable when used with LTO WORM data cartridges. & the partitioning functionality allows tape-aware file searches to address the growing needs of marketplace segments such as rich media.