HP LTO Ultrium series User Manual

HP StoreEver LTO-4 Ultrium 1760 Tape Drive
The HP LTO-4 Ultrium 1760 Tape Drive is HP's fourth-generation of half-height LTO tape drive technology capable of storing up to 1.6 TB
per cartridge in under 3 hours. Available in both SCSI and SAS models, HP Ultrium half-height drives are designed for server customers in
direct attached storage (DAS) environments where hard disk and system bottlenecks can impede data transfer rates. To further protect
the most sensitive data, AES 256-bit hardware data encryption provides easy-to-enable security to prevent unauthorized access of tape
cartridges. By using LTO-4 hardware data encryption, not only is data fully capable of being compressed therefore maximizing capacity,
encrypted backups are completed without a loss in performance. Capable of data transfer rates up to 160 MB/sec, HP's exclusive Data
Rate Matching feature further optimizes performance by matching speed of host to keep drives streaming and enabling the fastest
performance of any tape drive in the industry. The Ultrium 1760 provides investment protection with full read and write support with
LTO-4 and LTO-3 media, and the ability to read LTO-2 cartridge. By doubling the capacity of previous generation Ultrium drives, HP
customers now require fewer data cartridges to meet their storage needs, significantly reducing their IT costs and increasing their ROI.
LTO-4 Ultrium 1760 External Tape Drive LTO-4 Ultrium 1760 Internal Tape Drive
HP StoreEver LTO-3 Ultrium 920 Tape Drive
The HP LTO-3 Ultrium 920 tape drive is HP's third generation of half-height LTO tape drive technology. The Ultrium 920 delivers a
compressed storage capacity of 800 GB per data cartridge and a compressed data transfer rate of 432 GB per hour, two and a half times
faster than the previous generation Ultrium 448 tape drive. Available in both SCSI and SAS models, the Ultrium 920 is ideal for midrange
and departmental servers. The Ultrium 920 Tape Drive is fully read and write compatible with all second-generation Ultrium drives and
media and offers further investment protection through its backward-read compatibility with first-generation Ultrium media. For IT
organizations with stringent, long-term data retention requirements, the Ultrium 920's WORM (Write-Once, Read-Many) data protection
feature offers a simple and secure method for archiving records as part of a compliance solution to meet the toughest of industry
regulations.
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HP StoreEver LTO Ultrium Tape Drives
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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)