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Tom’s Hardware
Tom’s Hardware
Technology
Mark Tyson

Tape keeps kicking, 'breakthrough' 40TB native spec announced — LTO-10 tapes claim up to 100TB compressed data capacity, hold 2.2X more data than previous spec

LTO-10 40TB announcements.

There’s a revamped, more capacious magnetic tape format in town. The Linear Tape-Open (LTO) Ultrium Format companies, composed of industry leaders HPE, IBM Corporation, and Quantum Corporation, announced the LTO-10 40TB cartridge standard a few hours ago. In an email to Tom’s Hardware, the organization heralded the new tape cart’s 40TB native capacity, which they say can deliver up to 100TB, compressed, assuming a 2.5:1 compression ratio.

(Image credit: The Linear Tape-Open (LTO) Ultrium Format companies)
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