Announcing StorageTek LTO 6

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Announcing StorageTek LTO-6 Full Height 8 Gb Fibre Channel IBM Tape Drives!

We’re pleased to announce the availability of StorageTek LTO 6 tape drives in our StorageTek SL3000 and SL8500 modular tape libraries, which offers the following features:

  • Higher Capacity - StorageTek LTO 6 drives have the ability to write 2.5 TB of native data to one LTO 6 cartridge, a 66% improvement over StorageTek LTO 5

  • Better Performance - StorageTek LTO 6 drive performance is 160 MB/sec (uncompressed), 14% faster than LTO 5

  • Investment Protection - StorageTek LTO 6 drives are backward read and write compatible to earlier generations for existing LTO customers 

StorageTek LTO 6 will be in the system and orderable for the StorageTek SL3000 and SL8500 on Tuesday, December 4!

For More Information Go To:

Oracle.com Tape Page

Oracle Technology Network Tape Page

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