TDK Life on Record Ultrium LTO data cartridges are designed & thoroughly tested to ensure they function as seamless extensions of your organization`s data network. Formulations & advanced manufacturing technologies ensure stable head contact for increased data transfer rates & the preservation of your organization`s critical data. A single LTO 5 tape cartridge features 1.5 terabytes of native capacity & 3.0 terabytes of compressed capacity with data transfer rates of 280MB/second (2:1 compression). To meet this capacity requirement & still ensure the same long archive performance our customers know & trust, TDK LTO 5 media is made with new & smaller magnetic particles coated on longer, thinner media. To aid in both video & archive systems, TDK LTO 5 media is compatible with Long-Term File System (LTFS) & other partition ready applications.