Storage requirements have inevitably grown alongside rising data volumes in today's information-driven enterprises. Besides primary storage, backups have become increasingly important for disaster recovery and regulatory compliance. The Qualstar LTO-8 Ultrium SAS 6Gb/s Tape Drivefrom Qualstar LTO-8 Ultrium SAS 6Gb/s Tape Driveanswers those business needs by incorporating the latest generation of LTO technology that will help

organizations handle the growing data demands of modern tape use cases like big data, cloud computing, Internet of Things (IoT), media and entertainment, digital video surveil- lance, active file archiving and, of course, for backup.

LTO-8 provides even higher capacity than the previous generation. For small and mid-sized businesses requiring backup and low-cost archival storage of data, LTO-8 is an excellent tape-storage solution, providing a physical storage capacity of up to 12TB per cartridge (native) or 30TB per cartridge (with 2.5:1 compression). The drive boasts an uncompressed data transfer rate of up to 360 MB/s and up to 750 MB/s with 2.5:1 compression with 6 Gb/s SAS interface connectivity.

Compatible with Qualstar Tape Libraries    Internal Drive with 6 Gb/s SAS Interface    Supports LTO Ultrium 8 and 7 Media    Supports 12TB of Storage per Cartridge    Supports 30TB with 2.5:1 Compression    Native Data Transfers up to 360 MB/s    Compressed Data Transfers up to 750 MB/s

Provide long-term backup and archival storage for data while lowering overall storage costs

Simplify data management with IBM Spectrum Archive utilizing IBM Linear Tape File System (LTFS) technology

Store up to 30TB (compressed) per cartridge, which is twice the capacity of previous generation LTO cartridges

Help meet compliance requirements with data encryption and write-once, read-many (WORM) support

The LTO-8 6 Gb/s SAS interface enables it to connect to a wide spectrum of open-system servers. The LTO Ultrium 8 tape media provides partitioning support, which, in conjunction with LTFS or other third party software programs, provides users with file-level access to tape data. This support helps users quickly locate and update information on the tape media. LTO Ultrium 8

technology is also designed to natively support data encryption, with core hardware encryption and decryption capabilities resident in the LTO Ultrium 8 tape drive itself.

Management solutions such as IBM Spectrum Protect or third-party storage management software can extend the power of LTO-8. Archiving enables storage of digital assets for the long term, so assets can be referenced and monetized for years to come.

IBM Spectrum Archive supports the tape-oriented LTFS and helps reduce complexity by enabling a

graphical user interface to the tape drive's contents using the operating system file manager. These features together help make tape-based data as easy to find and access as disk- or flash-based data. In addition, LTFS-capable tape drives are designed to be interchangeable among compatible LTO tape drives and supported operating systems, so administrators do not have to worry about hardware or software compatibility. With LTFS, managers can quickly access, store or archive files on tape, and transport files to and from different locations in a very easy to use format.

LTO-8 Tape Drive supports the LTO Consortium compressed specification for LTO Ultrium 8, offering up to 30TB of data storage per cartridge (12TB native), which is twice the compressed capacity of the previous LTO Ultrium 7 cartridges. In addition to reading and writing to LTO Ultrium 8 tape cartridges, LTO-8 can read and write to LTO Ultrium 7 cartridges. LTO-8 supports the self-describing features of LTO tape cartridges for operational simplicity.

Related Questions and Answers

Q: 1. What SAS port is on the back of this? Is it a SFF-8088 port or does it require external power via SFF-8482 Fanout and Molex?

A: mLogic has not provided these details unfortunately. The only specs provided regarding the mLogic Internal LTO-8 SAS Tape Drive's host connection are that it is a 6 Gb/s SAS interface.

Q: 2. Are these popular and reliable? There is only one review and very negative. Are people really using this for reliable data storage?

A: The Hewlett Packard Enterprises 30TB LTO-8 Ultrium RW Data Cartridge are used by many and would need an LTO recorder to be used. It is great for long term storage.

Q: 3. Does this come with the LTO-6 tape drive? Who is the manufacturer of the drive itself?

A: It is most likely the same brand Overland, if not the manufacturer uses different tapes depending on contract.

Q: 4. Is this compatible with my oracle sl150 tape library?

A: Yes, the LTO Cleaning Cartridge is compatible with the Oracle SL150 library

Q: 5. What model number is this? If you are selling it, you should at least know that? Right ? You're a legit company, right ?

A: The manufacturer model number of the mLogic Internal LTO-8 SAS Tape Drive (TAA Compliant) is: DRIVE-LTO8.

Q: 6. What is the uncompressed capacity of the LTO-8 data cartridges?

A: This one is 12 TB.

Q: 7. What does TAA compliant mean and is this limited to use in the USA?

A: TAA compliance is a requirement of some purchase contracts. The mLogic Internal LTO-8 SAS Tape Drive (TAA Compliant) BH #MLDRIVELTO8 is not limited to use region.

Q: 8. Does it come with a label?

A: No it does not.

Q: 9. is this a brand new drive, or is it a refurbished drive?

A: This mLogic Internal LTO-8 SAS Tape Drive is brand new.

Q: 10. Is this item new ?

A: All items on the site are new unless specifically marked used or refurbished.