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HP's extensive compatibility testing program assures that your HP Ultrium tape drive works with leading servers, operating systems,

and backup applications - and not just those sold by HP. HP Ultrium tape drives work seamlessly on many platforms, making them

especially suitable if you have a mixed system environment. For the latest list of servers, workstations, operating systems, and backup

software that support HP Ultrium tape drives, check the tape backup compatibility pages on our Web site at:

http://www.hp.com/storage/SPOCK

Server Compatibility

HP Ultrium tape drives are supported on the following classes of HP systems:

HP ProLiant DL servers

HP ProLiant ML servers

HP Integrity servers

HP 9000 servers

HP AlphaServers

HP workstations

HP Ultrium tape drives are also supported on server platforms from third-party manufacturers including:

Dell

IBM

Sun

For details of which tape drive models work with which systems, including third-party systems, visit:

http://www.hp.com/storage/SPOCK

for the latest hardware compatibility information.

OS Support

Microsoft® Windows, HP-UX, Tru64, Red Hat Linux, SUSE Linux, IBM-AIX, Sun Solaris and other operating

systems.

NOTE:

Please visit:

http://www.hp.com/storage/SPOCK

for the latest compatibility information.

Backup Software Support

Supported with HP Data Protector, Yosemite Server Backup Basic, HP Data Protector Express Basic , HP

Data Protector Express, CA ARCserve Backup, EMC NetWorker, EMC Retrospect, IBM Tivoli Storage

Manager, Symantec NetBackup, Symantec Backup Exec, BakBone NetVault, Commvault Galaxy, Tolis

Group BRU and Yosemite Backup

NOTE:

Please visit:

http://www.hp.com/storage/SPOCK

for the latest compatibility information.

QuickSpecs

HP StoreEver LTO Ultrium Tape Drives

Compatibility

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HP LTO Ultrium series Specifications

General

Generations	LTO-1 to LTO-9
Capacity (Compressed)	Varies by generation (e.g., LTO-9: 45 TB)
Capacity (Native)	Varies by generation (e.g., LTO-9: 18 TB)
Transfer Rate (Compressed)	Varies by generation (e.g., LTO-9: 1000 MB/s)
Transfer Rate (Native)	Varies by generation (e.g., LTO-9: 400 MB/s)
Encryption	AES 256-bit
WORM Capability	Yes
Interface	SAS
Form Factor	Half-height
Backward Read Compatibility	Two generations back
Backward Write Compatibility	One generation back
Partitioning Support	Yes
Power Consumption (Idle)	Varies by model (e.g., ~10-15 W)
Power Consumption (Operating)	Varies by model
Backward Compatibility	Read and write compatible with one previous generation, read compatible with two previous generations (varies by generation)