Thanks to its low media cost per TB, LTO7 is the perfect solution to store large amounts of archival data in the long term. With its high capacity, the cartridge is designed to retain its archival quality for many years supported by Sonys technology in magnetic tape production. Enhanced coating technology features a smoother film tape surface & enables narrower tracks to be written & read accurately, resulting in higher recording density. Reel design was enhanced to realize the same level of stability at high-speed tape running as for LTO6. Sonys technology expertise & extensive history in developing media & professional tape formats contribute to high durability & high reliability of LTO7 media. The Linear Tape File System (LTFS) makes viewing & accessing tape files easier than ever before. LTFS works in conjunction with LTO tape technology for ease of use & portability for open systems tape storage. With LTFS, one partition holds the content & the other holds the contents index, so the tape can be self-describing to improve archive management. With the operating systems graphical file manager & directory tree, utilizing data on an LTO Ultrium tape cartridge is as easy as dragging & dropping the file.