The HPE LTO-7 Ultrium 15000 tape drive represents Hewlett Packard Enterprise's seventh-generation of LTO tape drive technology providing enterprise tape drive monitoring & management capabilities with HPE Tape Assure, ease of use with support for LTFS & AES 256-bit hardware data encryption easy-to-enable security to protect the extra sensitive data & prevent unauthorized access of tape cartridges. The Speed Matching feature further optimizes performance by matching speed of host to keep drives streaming & increase the reliability of the drive & media. HPE LTO Ultrium half-height drives are designed for server customers in direct attached storage (DAS) environments. For IT organizations with stringent, long-term data retention requirements, the Ultrium 15000's WORM (Write-Once, Read-Many) data protection feature offers a simple & secure method for archiving records as part of a compliance solution to meet tough of industry regulations. The Ultrium 15000 tape drives provide investment protection with full read & write backward support with LTO-6 media, and the ability to read LTO-5 cartridges. By more than doubling the native capacity of previous generation Ultrium drives, Hewlett Packard Enterprise customers require fewer data cartridges to meet their storage needs, significantly reducing their IT costs & increasing their ROI.