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Chapter 4 — Library Specifications Tape Drive and Media Specifications
September 2022 Site Preperation Guide—Spectra T200, T380, and T680 Library
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LTO Read/Write Compatibility
The following table shows the media read/write compatibility for each
LTO drive generation supported by the library.
TS11xx Technology Media Specifications
The following table shows the capacities of the TS11xx technology data
cartridges.
Drive Gen LT O - 4
Media
LT O - 5
Media
LT O - 6
Media
LT O - 7
Media
M8 Media LTO - 8
Media
LTO - 9
Media
LTO-4 Read/
write
Not
supported
Not
supported
Not
supported
Not
supported
Not
supported
Not
supported
LTO-5 Read/
write
Read/
write
Not
supported
Not
supported
Not
supported
Not
supported
Not
supported
LTO-6 Read only Read/
write
Read/
write
Not
supported
Not
supported
Not
supported
Not
supported
LTO-7 Not
supported
Read only Read/
write
Read/
write
Not
supported
Not
supported
Not
supported
LTO-8 Not
supported
Not
supported
Not
supported
Read/
write
Read/
write
Read/
write
Not
supported
LTO-9 Not
supported
Not
supported
Not
supported
Not
supported
Not
supported
Read/
write
Read/
write
Media type Native Capacity
(Compressed Capacity
a
)
a. Assuming a 2.5:1 compression ratio. The compressed capacity depends on the type
of data.
JC / JY (WORM) (TS1140 technology format): 4 TB (10 TB)
(TS1150 technology format): 7 TB (17.5 TB)
JD / JZ (WORM) (TS1150 technology format): 10 TB (25 TB)
(TS1155/60 technology format): 15 TB (37.5 TB)
JE / JV (WORM) (TS1160 technology format): 20 TB (50 TB)