Table 57. Cartridge types and colors (continued)
Type Color
Ultrium 7 WORM Purple and Silvery gray
Ultrium 6 Black
Ultrium 6 WORM Black and Silvery gray
Ultrium 5 Burgundy
Ultrium 5 WORM Burgundy and Silvery gray
Ultrium 4 Green
Ultrium 4 WORM Green and Silvery gray
Ultrium 3 Slate Blue
Ultrium 3 WORM Slate Blue and Silvery gray
Ultrium 2 Purple
Ultrium 1 Black
All generations contain 1/2-inch, dual-coat, magnetic tape.
You can order tape cartridges with the bar code labels included, or you can order custom labels.
When tape is processed in the cartridges, Ultrium tape drives use a linear, serpentine recording format.
The native data capacity and recording format of Ultrium data cartridges is as follows:
Table 58. Cartridge data capacity and recording formats
Type Native Data Capacity Recording Format
Ultrium 9 18 TB (45 TB at 2.5:1 compression) Reads and writes data on 8960
tracks, 32 tracks at a time.
Ultrium 8 12 TB (30 TB at 2.5:1 compression) Reads and writes data on 6656
tracks, 32 tracks at a time.
LTO M8 9 TB (22.5 TB at 2.5:1
compression)
*
Reads and writes data on 3584
tracks, 32 tracks at a time.
Ultrium 7 6 TB (15 TB at 2.5:1 compression) Reads and writes data on 3584
tracks, 32 tracks at a time.
Ultrium 6 2.5 TB (6.25 TB at 2.5:1
compression)
Reads and writes data on 2176
tracks, 16 tracks at a time.
Ultrium 5 1.5 TB (3 TB at 2:1 compression) Reads and writes data on 1280
tracks, 16 tracks at a time.
Ultrium 4 800 GB (1.6 TB at 2:1 compression) Reads and writes data on 896
tracks, 16 tracks at a time.
Ultrium 3 400
®
GB (800 GB at 2:1
compression)
Reads and writes data on 704
tracks, 16 tracks at a time.
Ultrium 2 200 GB (400 GB at 2:1
compression)
Reads and writes data on 512
tracks, 8 tracks at a time.
Ultrium 1 100 GB (200 GB at 2:1
compression)
Reads and writes data on 384
tracks, 8 tracks at a time.
*
In an
y tape product with M8 cartridges, the minimum LTO8 tape drive îš´rmware version is HB82.
IBM Conîš´dential
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