Imation is pleased to be one of the first to provide customers the advantages of next-generation LTO 5 tape cartridges. Magnetic tape remains the most cost-efficient way for businesses to address storage & compliance requirements, whether for long-term data archive or regular backup of active data, given tapes energy savings & cost-per-gigabyte advantages over other methods. With a native capacity of 1.5 terabytes & 3.0 terabytes of compressed storage, data transfer rates of up to 280 MB/second compressed, data encryption, & new partitioning functionality to enhance file control & space management, the LTO 5 format offers significant improvements over prior LTO tape generations. Customers can trust that an Imation LTO tape is of the highest quality & reliability, because Imation pioneered many of the manufacturing, servo-writing & cartridge technologies used in these tapes. Imation Ultrium LTO 5 tape is the second generation to offer drive level hardware-based writing of encrypted data to the tape cartridge, helping protect the storage & transport of sensitive information. It also helps address compliance objectives with WORM (Write-Once, Read-Many) functionality. The LTO Ultrium format generation 5 drives are designed with backwards-compatible read-&-write capability with the Ultrium format generation 4 cartridges, & backward read capabilities with generation 3 cartridges, helping to protect investments & ease implementation. Features Imation proprietary Tera Angstrom technology Results in tape with a significantly smoother surface & a high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), delivering fewer errors & faster transfer rates. Imation advanced servo-writing technology Ensuring precise alignment between drive head & data tracks for greater reliability. Imation patented corner snap
- Improves cartridge strength & protects data during shipping or mishandling. Imation patented three-piece tape spool
- Distributes stress more evenly over the tape surface for better performance & longer archival life.