LTO Media
Quantum Certified LTO Ultrium media is manufactured to the highest industry standards for quality and reliability, ensuring high performance and durability, whether utilized for primary backup or long-term archive. LTO Ultrium Media is optimized for high capacity and performance with outstanding reliability in either stand-alone or automated environments with compressed capacities of up to 30 TB.
The Media Matters
Whether you are buying tape for an autoloader, an Enterprise library, or a stand-alone drive, IT departments need to make sure that they are getting certified LTO media that will work in their devices and be supported by a company committed to making tape storage work in your environment.
Choose Quantum LTO
Quantum LTO cartridges offer the latest in LTO technology, making them perfect for any backup or archiving applications. Features include a compressed capacity of up to 30 TB per cartridge and an integrated, high-durability, non-contact IC memory chip that helps improve access times in all Scalar® and AEL series tape libraries, as well as other automated storage systems.
Turguy Goker Talks Tape
Turguy represents Quantum with LTO organizations as the technology leader, while also
leading the Advanced Development Team focused on LTO technology.
Featured Benefits
Quantum Certified LTO media supports your comprehensive, “edge-to-core” backup, recovery and archive strategy. When you use Quantum media and hardware, you get the added assurance of more than 30 years of storage experience and service behind the entire solution.
Quantum performs additional process and quality tests on its LTO Ultrium data media, demonstrating our continuing commitment to provide the highest-quality LTO media. The Quantum Certification focuses on five key user metrics: capacity, transfer rate, servo and green media characteristics, with specific emphasis on testing the durability of the written data.
High Storage Capacity
Up to 12 TB native and up to 30 TB* compressed and up to 30 years of archival life.
*Based on 2.5:1 compression (LTO-6, LTO-7 and LTO-8), 2:1 compression (other LTO)
Compliant with All Media Integrity Analysis Utilities
Adds another important level of data protection.
WORM (Write Once, Read Many)
Addresses today’s tough regulatory and compliance needs.
High Performance
A high-durability non-contact IC memory chip up to 16 KB is built in, which contributes to significant improvement in tape library access and health reporting.
Bar Code Labeling and Library Packaging
Available to quickly load automation slots/trays.
Secure
Supports government-level security with the highest-level AES 256-bit Encryption Standard.
Technical Specifications
BASIC GENERATION SPECIFICATIONS
Ultrium 8 Ultrium 8 WORM
Drive Compatibility:
LTO-8
LTO-8 WORM
Cartridge Color:
Brick Red
Brick Red/Gray
Capacity (Native/Compressed):
12/30 TB1
Tape Length:
960 m (3,150 ft)
Ultrium 7 Ultrium 7 WORM
Drive Compatibility:
LTO-7
LTO-7 WORM
Cartridge Color:
Purple
Purple/Gray
Capacity (Native/Compressed):
6/15 TB1
(12/22.5 TB3)
Tape Length:
960 m (3,150 ft)
Ultrium 6 Ultrium 6 WORM
Drive Compatibility:
LTO-6
LTO-6 WORM
Cartridge Color:
Black
Black/Gray
Capacity (Native/Compressed) :
2,500/6,250 GB1
Tape Length:
846 m (2,776 ft)
Ultrium 5 Ultrium 5 WORM
Drive Compatibility:
LTO-5
LTO-5 WORM
Cartridge Color:
Brick Red
Brick Red/Gray
Capacity (Native/Compressed) :
1,500/3,000 GB2
Tape Length:
846 m (2,776 ft)
Ultrium 4 Ultrium 4 WORM
Drive Compatibility:
LTO-4
LTO-4 WORM
Cartridge Color:
Green
Green/Gray
Capacity (Native/Compressed) :
800/1,600 GB2
Tape Length:
820 m (2,690 ft)
Ultrium 3 Ultrium 3 WORM
Drive Compatibility:
LTO-3
LTO-3 WORM
Cartridge Color:
Blue
Blue/Gray
Capacity (Native/Compressed) :
400/800 GB2
Tape Length:
680 m (2,231 ft)
Ultrium Universal Cleaning
Drive Compatibility:
All
Cartridge Color:
Black
Capacity (Native/Compressed) :
Maximum 50 cleanings–drive dependent
Tape Length:
319 m (1,046.59 ft)
¹ Based on 2.5:1 compression
2 Based on 2:1 compression
3 LTO-8 drives include a new format feature enabling customers to increase the capacity of new or unused LTO Ultrium 7 cartridges by up to 50 percent to store 9 TB (uncompressed) or 22.5 TB1 (compressed) of data. To unlock this additional capacity, customers need an LTO-8 drive with a utility or application to up-format new or unused LTO Ultrium 7 cartridges with properly attached “M8” media ID bar code labels.
DIMENSIONS
Tape Width: 12.65 mm (0.50 in)
Cartridge Dimensions (W x H x L): 21.5 mm x 105.4 mm x 102.0 mm (0.85 in x 4.15 in x 4.02 in)
OPERATING ENVIRONMENT
Temperature: 10 °C to 45 °C (50 °F to 113 °F)
Humidity: 10% to 80% RH
READ/WRITE COMPATIBILITY
An Ultrium drive can read and write data to prior LTO generations:
LTO-8
Read/Write: LTO-8 | R/W
Compatible: LTO-8 (M8) | R/W
Media: LTO-7 | R/W
LTO-7
Read/Write: LTO-7 | R/W
Compatible: LTO-6 | R/W
Media: LTO-5 | R Only
LTO-5
Read/Write: LTO-5 | R/W
Compatible: LTO-4 | R/W
Media: LTO-3 | R/W
LTO-4
Read/Write: LTO-4 | R/W
Compatible: LTO-3 | R/W
Media: LTO-2 | R Only
LTO-3
Read/Write: LTO-3 | R/W
Compatible: LTO-2 | R/W
Media: LTO-1 | R Only
STORAGE ENVIRONMENT – NON-ARCHIVE
Ultrium 8, 7, 6, and 5
Temperature: 16 °C to 35 °C (61 °F to 95 °F)
Humidity: 20% to 80% RH
Ultrium 4, 3, 2, and Cleaning
Temperature: 16 °C to 32 °C (61 °F to 90 °F)
Humidity: 20% to 80% RH
STORAGE ENVIRONMENT – ARCHIVE
Temperature: 16 °C to 25 °C (61 °F to 77 °F)
Humidity: 20% to 50% RH
(Not applicable for cleaning cartridge)
LTO ULTRIUM MEDIA PRODUCT SERVICE AND SUPPORT
Quantum LTO Ultrium cartridge tapes are free from defects in material and manufacturing at the time of purchase. This limited lifetime warranty extends to the original end-user purchaser of the product and is not assignable or transferable to any subsequent purchaser or end user. Visit www.quantum.com for more information.
MODEL NUMBERS AND DESCRIPTIONS
Ultrium 8
Standard: MR-L8MQN-01
WORM: MR-L8MQN-02
Bar Code Labeled: MR-L8MQN-BC
Bar Code Labeled – WORM: MR-L8WQN-BC
Library Pack: MR-L8MQN-20
Bar Code Labeled Library Pack: MR-L8LQN-BC
Ultrium 7
Standard: MR-L7MQN-01
WORM: MR-L7MQN-02
Bar Code Labeled: MR-L7MQN-BC
Bar Code Labeled – WORM: MR-L8WQN-BC
Library Pack: MR-L7WQN-BC
Bar Code Labeled Library Pack: MR-L7LQN-BC
Ultrium 6
Standard: MR-L6MQN-03
WORM: MR-L6WQN-04
Bar Code Labeled: MR-L6MQN-BL
Bar Code Labeled – WORM: MR-L6WQN-BL
Library Pack: MR-L6LQN-LP
Bar Code Labeled Library Pack: MR-L6LQN-BL
Ultrium 5
Standard: MR-L5MQN-01
WORM: MR-L5MQN-02
Bar Code Labeled: MR-L5MQN-BC
Bar Code Labeled – WORM: MR-L5WQN-BC
Library Pack: MR-L5MQN-20
Bar Code Labeled Library Pack: MR-L5LQN-BC
Ultrium 4
Standard: MR-L4MQN-01
WORM: MR-L4MQN-02
Bar Code Labeled: MR-L4MQN-BC
Bar Code Labeled – WORM: MR-L4WQN-BC
Library Pack: MR-L4MQN-20
Bar Code Labeled Library Pack: MR-L4LQN-BC
Ultrium 3
Standard: MR-L3MQN-01
WORM: MR-L3MQN-02
Bar Code Labeled: MR-L3MQN-BC
Bar Code Labeled – WORM: MR-L3WQN-BC
Library Pack: MR-L3MQN-20
Bar Code Labeled Library Pack: MR-L3LQN-BC
Ultrium 2
Standard: MR-L2MQN-01
WORM: N/A
Bar Code Labeled: MR-L2MQN-BC
Bar Code Labeled – WORM: N/A
Library Pack: N/A
Bar Code Labeled Library Pack: N/A
Ultrium Cleaning
Standard: MR-LUCQN-01
WORM: N/A
Bar Code Labeled: MR-LUCQN-BC
Bar Code Labeled – WORM: N/A
Library Pack: N/A
Bar Code Labeled Library Pack: N/A
